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TRID Improvement Act of 2017
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(Sec. 2) This bill specifies that the amount deposited in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Reserve Fund for FY2018 may not exceed $48 million. TITLE I--TRID IMPROVEMENT (Sec. 101) The bill amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures of 1974 to modify disclosure requirements applicable to mortgage loan transactions. Specifically, the disclosed charges for any title insurance premium shall be equal to the amount charged for each individual title insurance policy, subject to any discounts as required by either state regulation or the title company rate filings. TITLE II--PROTECTION OF SOURCE CODE (Sec. 201) The bill amends the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to specify that the SEC may not compel a person to produce a source code or similar intellectual property without first issuing a subpoena. TITLE III--FOSTERING INNOVATION (Sec. 301) The bill amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to auditor-attestation requirements for public companies. These requirements shall not apply with respect to any audit report prepared for an issuer that: ceased to be an emerging growth company on the last day of its fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of its first sale of common equity securities, had average annual gross revenues of less than $50 million as of its most recently completed fiscal year, and is not a large accelerated filer. This exemption shall expire at the earliest of: (1) the last day of the fiscal year 10 years after the issuer's first sale of common equity securities, (2) the end of the fiscal year in which the issuer's average annual gross revenues exceed $50 million, or (3) when the issuer becomes a large accelerated filer. TITLE IV--NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE REGULATORY PARITY (Sec. 401) The bill amends the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt from state registration securities qualified for national trading by the SEC and authorized to be listed on a national securities exchange. Currently, securities listed on exchanges specified by statute or rule are exempt. TITLE V--ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO JOBS FOR LOAN ORIGINATORS (Sec. 501) The bill amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to temporarily allow loan originators that meet specified requirements to continue to originate loans after moving: (1) from one state to another, or (2) from a depository institution to a non-depository institution. (Sec. 502) The bill revises the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act's civil liability immunity provisions.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 271 - 145 (Roll no. 77). (text: CR H1155-1156)
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 271 - 145 (Roll no. 77).(text: CR H1155-1156)
HouseOn motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 189 - 228 (Roll no. 76).
HouseThe previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions, pending the reservation of a point of order.The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back with an amendment to extend exemptions to include companies that have claw back policies that require any executive officer incentive-based compensation to be clawed-back in the event that the issuer is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the issuer with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, regardless of whether such compensation was paid to an officer who was a party to the actions that resulted in such restatement. Subsequently, the point of order was removed.
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Small Business
Proxy Advisory Services ---Impact of Policies on Small Public Companies ---H.R. 4015: Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 ---H.R. 10: Financial Choice Act ---S.3614: Corporate Governance Fairness Act Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 (b) ---H.R. 1645/S. 2126: Fostering Innovation Act ---Small Issuer Exemption ---H.R. 10: Financial Choice Act ---H.R. 3978: TRID Improvement Act ---S.488: JOBS and Investor Confidence Act Short Selling Transparency Small Business IP Training ---H.R. 2655/S.791: Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017
Client expense: $2,500,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79/S. 588, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645/S. 2126, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1702, Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 2128, Due Process Restoration Act of 2017 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226/S. 2013, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2319, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2018 H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312/S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746/S. 2702, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3860, IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 3903/S. 2347, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281/S. 2953, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4537, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4659, To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives H.R. 4753, Federal Reserve Supervision Testimony Clarification Act H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 H.R. 5036, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 5051, Public Company Registration Threshold Act H.R. 5054, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018 H.R. 5059, State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R. 5105/S. 2436, Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 H.R. 5266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 H.R. 5323, Derivatives Fairness Act H.R. 5534, Give Useful Information to Define Effective (GUIDE) Compliance Act H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018 H.R. 5749, Options Markets Stability Act H.R. 5756, To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 H.R. 5877, Main Street Growth Act H.R. 5970, Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 5999, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6021, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 H.R. 6035, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act H.R. 6130, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 6139, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 6158, Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2018 H.R. 6177, Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2018 H.R. 6319, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act H.R. 6320, Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act H.R. 6321, Investment Adviser Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act H.R. 6322, Enhancing Multi-Class Stock Disclosures Act H.R. 6324, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 488, JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 (House Amendment) S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1117, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 1744, Brokaw Act S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2499, A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority S. 2756, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act S. 2765, RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018 S. 3004, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 S. 3421, Blue Sky Harmonization Act S. 3577, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2018 S. 3614, Corporate Governance Fairness Act S. J. Res. 57, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act" Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act Draft legislation directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase and align the smaller reporting company and nonaccelerated filer financial thresholds Draft legislation to remove the limitation on large accelerated filers qualifying as an emerging growth company Draft legislation to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definition of a qualifying portfolio company to include an emerging growth company, for purposes of the exemption from registration for venture capital fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Draft legislation to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to increase the percentage of voting shares a diversified company may hold in a single issuer Draft legislation on cryptocurrencies Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Proposed rule on auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships (83 Fed. Reg. 20,753-20,773, May 8, 2018) Proposed regulation on Regulation Best Interest (83 Fed. Reg. 21,574-21,682, May 9, 2018) Proposed Commission interpretation regarding standard of conduct for investment advisers; request for comment on enhancing investment (83 Fed. Reg. 21,203-21,214, May 9, 2018) Proposed rule on form CRS relationship summary; amendments to form ADV; required disclosures in retail communications and restrictions on the use of certain names or titles (83 Fed. Reg. 21,416-21,575, May 9, 2018) Policy to Encourage Trial Disclosure Programs (83 Fed. Reg. 45,574-45,578, September, 10, 2018) Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Security Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Proposed Revisions to Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships with, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds - Docket No. OCC-2018-0010 (OCC); Docket No. R-1608 (Federal Reserve); RIN 3064-AE67 (FDIC); File Number S7- 14-18 (SEC); RIN 3038-AE72 (CFTC) Proposed changes to applicability thresholds for regulatory capital and liquidity requirements. Docket IDs: OCC-2018--0037 RIN 1557-AE56; Docket No. R-1628 RIN 7100-AF21 Nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to serve as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Nomination of Elad Roisman to serve as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission Nomination of Dr. Dino Falaschetti to serve as Director of the Office of Financial Research Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Nomination of Kimberly Reed to serve as President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Federal Reserve: Enhanced Disclosure of the Models Used in the Federal Reserves Supervisory Stress Test, Docket No. OP-1586; Stress Testing Policy Statement, Docket No. OP-1587; Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, Docket No. OP-1588; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission strategic plan; Security Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; Security Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; Security Exchange Commission auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships file no. S7-10-18; Security Exchange Commission Staff Legal Bulletin 20 Proxy Voting: Proxy Voting Responsibilities of Investment Advisers and Availability of Exemptions from the Proxy Rules for Proxy Advisory Firms; Security Exchange Commission proposal on the use of derivatives by registered investment companies and business development companies; Security Exchange Commission capital, margin, and segregation requirements for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants and capital requirements for broker-dealers (File No. S7-08-12); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trial disclosures and no action letter process; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) draft strategic plan for 2018-2022; Federal Trade Commission competition and consumer protection in the 21st century hearings regarding common ownership; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 3.0; Accounting standards developed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, including the current expected credit loss (CECL) standard; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; potential legislation on anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act reporting improvements; credit bureau issues; financial technology issues; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); application of Customer Identification Program requirements under anti-money laundering rules to bank-affiliated premium finance companies; application of the May 2016 Customer Due Diligence Rule to routine cash refunds issued by bank-affiliated premium finance companies; proposals to audit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; small business lending; impact of prudential regulations on lending to small businesses by depository institutions; CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; HUD proposed rulemaking regarding implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Federal Trade Commission concerning Common Ownership; SEC proposed amendments to the Commissions Whistleblower Program rules; blockchain and fintech; adoption of the current expected credit loss accounting standard; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Supplemental capital issues, regulatory issues for credit unions and tax exemption status: HR 10, HR 389, HR 1018, HR 1031, HR 1116, HR 1153, HR 1244, HR 1264, HR 1401, HR 1422, HR 1423, HR 1426, HR 1457, HR 1699, HR 1801, HR 1958, HR 1964, HR 2133, HR 2170, HR 2215, HR 2226, HR 2246, HR 2359, HR 2403, HR 2553, HR 2570, HR 2706, HR 2793, HR 2868, HR 2874, HR 2875, HR 2877, HR 2890, HR 2954, HR 3072, HR 3221, HR 3312, HR 3354, HR 3746, HR 3758, HR 3766, HR 3857, HR 3866, HR 3971, HR 3978, HR 4081, HR 4296, HR 4439, HR 4464, HR 4499, HR 4545, HR 4648, HR 4651, HR 4743, HR 4746, HR 4764, HR 4771, HR 4790, HR 4861, HR 4905, HR 5076, HR 5166, HR 5266, HR 5288, HR 5470, HR 5474, HR 5484, HR 5502, HR 5659, HR 5673, HR 5793, HR 5877, HR 5993, HR 6068, HR 6102, HR 6147, HR 6158, HR 6163, HR 6192, HR 6411, HR 6531, HR 6625, HR 6743, HR 6746, HR 6789, HR 6858, HR 6861, HR 6892, HR 6972; HJ Res 62, HJ Res 73, HJ Res 122, HJ Res 132; S 21, S 105, S 223, SJ Res 19, S 365, S 366, S 370, S 387, S 488, S 563, S 567, S 836, S 838, S 1002, S 1152, S 1264, S 1284, S 1313, S 1315, S 1368, S 1389, S 1499, S 1571, S 1579, S 1642, S 1753, S 1810, S 1962, S 1982, S 2171, S 2237, S 2289, S 2362, S 2375, S 2417, S 2490, S 2701, S 2702, S 2862, S 3032, S 3040, S 3070, S 3128, S 3139, S 3334, S 3343, S 3443; SJ Res 47 SJ Res 56, SJ Res 57; data security and cybersecurity: patent reform; FHLB membership rules; CFPB and FSOC reform; and GSE reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
2018 · fourth_quarter · Banking
H.R.493, Subsidy Reserve Act of 2017, to require nonbank financial companies supervised by the Federal Reserve Board and bank holding companies over $500 billion of assets to establish and maintain Subsidy Reserves. H.R. 1116/S.366, the TAILOR Act H.R. 1264, Community Financial Institution Exemption Act H.R. 1624, Municipal Finance Support Act H.R. 1948, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 2121, Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act H.R. 2133, CLEARR Act of 017 H.R. 2396, the Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2226, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2403, Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2793, Consumer Transaction Account Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2954, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 3072, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3221, the Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3312, The Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act H.R. 3741, to codify the Minority Bank Deposit Program, and for other purposes. H.R. 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, to place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency. H.R. 4439, the Modernizing Borrower Credit Opportunities Act H.R. 4545 / S. 2237, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4648, Home Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 4725, Community Bank Reporting Relief Act H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, the Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act H.R. 5076, Small Bank Exam Cycle Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 H.R. 6158, The Brokered Deposit-Affiliate Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2018 S. 828, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets. S. 1002, CLEAR Relief Act S. 1139, Main Street Regulatory Fairness Act S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1310, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act S. 1500, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to ensure that the reciprocal deposits of an insured depository institution are not considered to be funds obtained by or through a deposit broker. S. 1642 / H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 S. 1893, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision. S. 1962, Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Russell Amendment to H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Section 701 of H.R. 5841, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 Capital Rules Liquidity Rules LIBOR Stress Testing Accountability for Basel/FSB negotiations Volcker Rule Reform DoL Fiduciary Rule The Financial CHOICE Act Durbin Interchange Amendment De novo banks
2018 · fourth_quarter · Housing
S.3628, the National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act, a bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program; entire bill. H.R.3978, the TRID Improvement Act of 2017, to amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures, and for other purposes; entire bill. S. 2490, the TRID Improvement Act of 2018, to amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures of 1974 to modify disclosure requirements applicable to mortgage loan transactions, entire bill. General education regarding wire fraud in real estate transactions, no bill introduced. H.R. 5078, the TRID Improvement Act of 2018, to amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures, and for other purposes; entire bill.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Mr. Capuano moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Financial Services. (text: CR H1166)
The previous question was ordered on the bill and amendment pursuant to the rule.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 736, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Foster amendment No. 1.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3978.
Provides for consideration of H.R. 620 and H.R. 3978 under structured rules and H.R. 3299 under a closed rule. Each bill shall be debatable for one hour. The resolution provides for proceedings during the period of February 16, 2018 through February 23, 2018.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 736. (consideration: CR H1155-1169)
Rule H. Res. 736 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 736 Reported to House. Provides for consideration of H.R. 620 and H.R. 3978 under structured rules and H.R. 3299 under a closed rule. Each bill shall be debatable for one hour. The resolution provides for proceedings during the period of February 16, 2018 through February 23, 2018.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 389.
Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-524.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 53 - 5.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Introduction and Referral.
| House |
| Referred to |
| October 5, 2017 |
| October 5, 2017 |
| Republican |
| NY |
| Dennis A. Ross | Republican | FL |
| Edward R. Royce | Republican | CA |
| Josh Gottheimer | Democratic | NJ |
| Kyrsten Sinema | Independent | AZ |
| Lee M. Zeldin | Republican | NY |
| Luke Messer | Republican | IN |
| Ralph Norman | Republican | SC |
| Roger Williams | Republican | TX |
| Ruben J. Kihuen | Democratic | NV |
| Stevan Pearce | Republican | NM |
| Steve Stivers | Republican | OH |
| Tom Emmer | Republican | MN |
| Trey Hollingsworth | Republican | IN |
| Vicente Gonzalez | Democratic | TX |
| S 1753 |
115th |
| Related bill |
| HRES 736 | 115th | Procedurally-related |
| HR 5078 | 115th | Related bill |
| HR 4546 | 115th | Related bill |
| HR 3948 | 115th | Related bill |
| HR 2948 | 115th | Related bill |
| HR 1645 | 115th | Related bill |
| HR 10 | 115th | Related bill |
Client expense: $15,950,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $2,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Banking
H.R.916 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of guarantee fees as offsets. H.R.1018 To replace the Director of the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtectionwith a 5-person commission, and for other purposes. H.R.1116 TAILOR Act H.R. 1153 Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R.1257 Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R.1366 U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017 H.R.389 Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act H.R.491 Let the GSEs Pay Us Back Act of 2017 H.R.815 To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. H.R.910 Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R.1219 Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1637 RIGHTS at the CFPB Act of 2017 H.R. 2133 CLEARR Act H.R. 2226 Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2890 Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act H.R. 4278 Independence from Credit Policy Act of 2017 H.R. 2148 Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans H.R. 2954 Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 4607 Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 3221 Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3299 Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3978 TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1264 Community Financial Institution Exemption Act H.R. 5266 Financial Product Safety Commission Act H.R. 4545 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness & Reform Act H.R. 5534 GUIDE Compliance Act H.R. 6147 the Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 6737 Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018 H.R. 695 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018 S.105 Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S.365 A bill to amend theConsumerFinancialProtectionAct of 2010 to remove the funding cap relating to the transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtection, and for other purposes. S.366 TAILOR Act S.370 A bill to eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. S.387 A bill to amend theConsumerFinancialProtectionAct of 2010 to subject the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtectionto the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S. 626 CFPB-IG Act of 2017 S. 2304 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to protect veterans from predatory lending, and for other purposes. S. 488 JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 S. 3401 Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act of 2018 S. 3443 GUIDE Compliance Act S. 3726 Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018 S. 3536 Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018
Client expense: $626,213 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Monitor issues regarding the land title industry; RESPA and TILA integration (TRID). Monitor HR 3978, HR 5078 and S. 2490, TRID Improvement Act. Monitor S. 488, JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R.1624; H.R.1667; S.828; H.R.3179; H.R.3439; S.2155; H.R.4292; H.R.4296; H.R.4293; H.R.2319; H.R.3978; H.R.2121; H.R.4790; H.R.4659; H.R.5323; H.R.5749; S.3107; H.R.5961; H.R.6258; H.R.6068; S.2499; H.R.5841; S.2098 - Discussed implementation of the Basel capital accord and issues related to capital and liquidity. Discussed margin issues; CFTC reauthorization; and SEC and equity market structure reform. Discussed proposals related to bank structure, capital requirements, capital formation, market structure, and market liquidity, and proxy advisors. Discussed issues related to financial institution bankruptcy reform, including issues related to resolution and recovery under the Bankruptcy Code. Discussed access to capital for emerging growth companies. Discussed budget and revenue measures involving the financial services sector. Discussed the recommendation from the Treasury Financial Reports. Financial CHOICE Act. Discussed treatment of municipal securities. Discussed BSA/AML. Discussed retirement savings issues. Discussed SEC's Best Interest Rule. Discussed e-delivery issues.
Client expense: $820,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Small Business
Capital Market Enhancements ---SEC Small Business Forum ---Amended Definition of Smaller Reporting Company ---S. 488: JOBS and Investor Confidence Act Proxy Advisory Services ---Impact of Policies on Small Public Companies ---H.R. 4015: Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 ---H.R. 10: Financial Choice Act Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 (b) ---H.R. 1645/S. 2126: Fostering Innovation Act ---Small Issuer Exemption ---H.R. 10: Financial Choice Act ---H.R. 3978: TRID Improvement Act Short Selling Transparency Small Business IP Training ---H.R. 2655/S.791: Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017 XBRL Exemption for Small Public Companies ---H.R. 5054: Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act ---H.R. 10: Financial Choice Act
Client expense: $2,480,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Housing
S.1182, the National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018, amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program through November 30, 2018; entire bill. H.R.3978, the TRID Improvement Act of 2017, to amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures, and for other purpose; entire bill. General education regarding wire fraud in real estate transactions, no bills yet introduced. Notice of proposed policy guidance; request for comment; the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) invites the public to take this opportunity to comment on its proposal to create a Disclosure Sandbox through its revised Policy to Encourage Trial Disclosure Programs (Policy or TDP Policy), which is intended to carry out the Bureau's authority under Section 1032(e) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, 83 Fed. Reg. 45574 Sept. 10, 2018.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R.1624; H.R.1667; H.R.3179; H.R.3439; S.2155; H.R.4292; H.R.4296; H.R.4293; H.R.2319; H.R.3978; H.R.2121; H.R.4790; H.R.4659; H.R.5749; H.R.5961; H.R.6258; H.R.6068; H.R.6157; H.R.6147; H.R.6757; H.R.3555; H.R. 5282; S.3107; S.2526; S.2499; H.R.2319 - Discussed implementation of the Basel capital accord and issues related to capital and liquidity. Discussed margin issues; CFTC reauthorization; and SEC and equity market structure reform. Discussed proposals related to bank structure, capital requirements, capital formation, market structure, and market liquidity, and proxy voting issues. Discussed issues related to financial institution bankruptcy reform, including issues related to resolution and recovery under the Bankruptcy Code. Discussed access to capital for emerging growth companies. Discussed budget and revenue measures involving the financial services sector. Discussed the recommendations from the Treasury Financial Reports. Discussed treatment of municipal securities. Discussed BSA/AML. Discussed retirement savings issues. Discussed SEC's Best Interest Rule. Discussed money market reform. Discussed issues around financial technology policy.
Client expense: $730,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Banking
Monitor issues regarding the land title industry; RESPA and TILA integration (TRID). Monitor HR 3978, HR 5078 and S. 2490, TRID Improvement Act. Monitor S. 488, JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79/S. 588, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645/S. 2126, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1702, Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 2128, Due Process Restoration Act of 2017 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226/S. 2013, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3110, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312/S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746/S. 2702, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3860, IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 3903/S. 2347, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281/S. 2953, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4537, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4659, To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives H.R. 4753, Federal Reserve Supervision Testimony Clarification Act H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 H.R. 5036, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 5051, Public Company Registration Threshold Act H.R. 5054, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018 H.R. 5059, State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R. 5105/S. 2436, Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 H.R. 5192/S. 2498, Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act H.R. 5266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 H.R. 5323, Derivatives Fairness Act H.R. 5534, Give Useful Information to Define Effective (GUIDE) Compliance Act H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018 H.R. 5749, Options Markets Stability Act H.R. 5756, To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 H.R. 5877, Main Street Growth Act H.R. 5970, Simplifying Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 5999, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6021, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 H.R. 6035, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act H.R. 6130, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 6139, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 6158, Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2018 H.R. 6177, Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2018 H.R. 6319, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act H.R. 6320, Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act H.R. 6321, Investment Adviser Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act H.R. 6322, Enhancing Multi-Class Stock Disclosures Act H.R. 6324, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1117, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1463, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 1744, Brokaw Act S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2499, A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority S. 2756, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act S. 2765, RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018 S. 3004, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 S. 3421, Blue Sky Harmonization Act S. J. Res. 57, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act" Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act Draft legislation directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase and align the smaller reporting company and nonaccelerated filer financial thresholds Draft legislation to remove the limitation on large accelerated filers qualifying as an emerging growth company Draft legislation to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definition of a qualifying portfolio company to include an emerging growth company, for purposes of the exemption from registration for venture capital fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Draft legislation to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to increase the percentage of voting shares a diversified company may hold in a single issuer Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Proposed rule on auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships (83 Fed. Reg. 20,753-20,773, May 8, 2018) Proposed regulation on Regulation Best Interest (83 Fed. Reg. 21,574-21,682, May 9, 2018) Proposed Commission interpretation regarding standard of conduct for investment advisers; request for comment on enhancing investment (83 Fed. Reg. 21,203-21,214, May 9, 2018) Proposed rule on form CRS relationship summary; amendments to form ADV; required disclosures in retail communications and restrictions on the use of certain names or titles (83 Fed. Reg. 21,416-21,575, May 9, 2018) Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Regulatory Capital Rules: Regulatory Capital, Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio Standards for U.S. Global Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies and Certain of Their Subsidiary Insured Depository Institutions; Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity Requirements for U.S. Global Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies; Federal Reserve System Docket No. R-1604 and OCC Docket ID OCC-2018-0002 Nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to serve as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Nomination of Elad Roisman to serve as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission Nomination of Dr. Dino Falaschetti to serve as Director of the Office of Financial Research Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Nomination of Kimberly Reed to serve as President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174, section 215); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Federal Reserve: Enhanced Disclosure of the Models Used in the Federal Reserves Supervisory Stress Test, Docket No. OP-1586; Stress Testing Policy Statement, Docket No. OP-1587; Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, Docket No. OP-1588; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission strategic plan; Security Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; Security Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; Security Exchange Commission auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships file no. S7-10-18; Security Exchange Commission Staff Legal Bulletin 20 Proxy Voting: Proxy Voting Responsibilities of Investment Advisers and Availability of Exemptions from the Proxy Rules for Proxy Advisory Firms; Security Exchange Commission proposal on the use of derivatives by registered investment companies and business development companies; Security Exchange Commission standards of conduct for investment advisers and broker-dealers; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), including draft strategic plan for 2018-2022; Federal Trade Commission competition and consumer protection in the 21st century hearings regarding common ownership; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 3.0; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; credit bureau issues; tailoring bank rules to reduce the burden on small, midsize, and regional banks; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); application of Customer Identification Program requirements under anti-money laundering rules to bank-affiliated premium finance companies; application of the May 2016 Customer Due Diligence Rule to routine cash refunds issued by bank-affiliated premium finance companies; proposals to audit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; small business lending; consolidated asset thresholds related to the Advanced Approaches capital framework, the net stable fund ratio rule, and the liquidity coverage ratio rule; impact of prudential regulations on lending to small businesses by depository institutions; testimony by the Vice Chairman for Supervision, Federal Reserve Board, to the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; HUD proposed rulemaking regarding implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Federal Trade Commission concerning Common Ownership; SEC proposed amendments to the Commissions Whistleblower Program rules; blockchain and fintech
Client expense: $17,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Supplemental capital issues, regulatory issues for credit unions and tax exemption status: HR 10, HR 389, HR 1018, HR 1031, HR 1116, HR 1153, HR 1244, HR 1264, HR 1401, HR 1422, HR 1423, HR 1426, HR 1457, HR 1699, HR 1801, HR 1958, HR 1964, HR 2133, HR 2170, HR 2215, HR 2226, HR 2246, HR 2359, HR 2403, HR 2553, HR 2570, HR 2706, HR 2793, HR 2868, HR 2874, HR 2875, HR 2877, HR 2890, HR 2954, HR 3072, HR 3110, HR 3221, HR 3312, HR 3354, HR 3746, HR 3758, HR 3766, HR 3857, HR 3866, HR 3971, HR 3978, HR 4081, HR 4296, HR 4439, HR 4464, HR 4499, HR 4545, HR 4648, HR 4651, HR 4743, HR 4746, HR 4764, HR 4771, HR 4790, HR 4861, HR 4905, HR 5076, HR 5166, HR 5266, HR 5288, HR 5470, HR 5474, HR 5484, HR 5502, HR 5659, HR 5673, HR 5793, HR 5877, HR 5993, HR 6068, HR 6102, HR 6147, HR 6158, HR 6163, HR 6192, HR 6411, HR 6531, HR 6625, HR 6743, HR 6746, HR 6789, HR 6858, HR 6861, HR 6892, HR 6972; HJ Res 62, HJ Res 73, HJ Res 122, HJ Res 132; S 21, S 105, S 223, SJ Res 19, S 365, S 366, S 370, S 387, S 488, S 563, S 567, S 836, S 838, S 1002, S 1152, S 1264, S 1284, S 1313, S 1315, S 1368, S 1389, S 1499, S 1571, S 1579, S 1642, S 1753, S 1810, S 1962, S 1982, S 2155, S 2171, S 2237, S 2289, S 2362, S 2375, S 2417, S 2490, S 2701, S 2702, S 2862, S 3032, S 3040, S 3070, S 3128, S 3139, S 3334, S 3343, S 3443; SJ Res 47 SJ Res 56, SJ Res 57; data security and cybersecurity: patent reform; FHLB membership rules; CFPB and FSOC reform; and GSE reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Banking
H.R.493, Subsidy Reserve Act of 2017, to require nonbank financial companies supervised by the Federal Reserve Board and bank holding companies over $500 billion of assets to establish and maintain Subsidy Reserves. H.R. 1116/S.366, the TAILOR Act H.R. 1264, Community Financial Institution Exemption Act H.R. 1624, Municipal Finance Support Act H.R. 1948, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 2121, Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act H.R. 2133, CLEARR Act of 017 H.R. 2396, the Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2226, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2403, Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2793, Consumer Transaction Account Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2954, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 3072, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3221, the Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3312, The Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act H.R. 3741, to codify the Minority Bank Deposit Program, and for other purposes. H.R. 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, to place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency. H.R. 4439, the Modernizing Borrower Credit Opportunities Act H.R. 4545 / S. 2237, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4648, Home Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 4725, Community Bank Reporting Relief Act H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, the Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act H.R. 5076, Small Bank Exam Cycle Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 H.R. 6158, The Brokered Deposit-Affiliate Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2018 S. 828, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets. S. 1002, CLEAR Relief Act S. 1139, Main Street Regulatory Fairness Act S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1310, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act S. 1500, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to ensure that the reciprocal deposits of an insured depository institution are not considered to be funds obtained by or through a deposit broker. S. 1642 / H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 S. 1893, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision. S. 1962, Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Russell Amendment to H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Section 701 of H.R. 5841, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 Capital Rules Liquidity Rules LIBOR Stress Testing Accountability for Basel/FSB negotiations Volcker Rule Reform DoL Fiduciary Rule The Financial CHOICE Act Durbin Interchange Amendment De novo banks
Client expense: $2,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Banking
H.R.916 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of guarantee fees as offsets. H.R.1018 To replace the Director of the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtectionwith a 5-person commission, and for other purposes. H.R.1116 TAILOR Act H.R. 1153 Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R.1257 Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R.1366 U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017 H.R.389 Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act H.R.491 Let the GSEs Pay Us Back Act of 2017 H.R.815 To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. H.R.910 Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R.1219 Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1637 RIGHTS at the CFPB Act of 2017 H.R. 2133 CLEARR Act H.R. 2226 Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2890 Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act H.R. 4278 Independence from Credit Policy Act of 2017 H.R. 2148 Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans H.R. 2954 Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 4607 Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 3221 Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3299 Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3978 TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1264 Community Financial Institution Exemption Act H.R. 5266 Financial Product Safety Commission Act H.R. 4545 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness & Reform Act H.R. 5534 GUIDE Compliance Act H.R. 6147 the Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 6737 Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018 S.105 Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S.365 A bill to amend theConsumerFinancialProtectionAct of 2010 to remove the funding cap relating to the transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtection, and for other purposes. S.366 TAILOR Act S.370 A bill to eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. S.387 A bill to amend theConsumerFinancialProtectionAct of 2010 to subject the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtectionto the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S. 626 CFPB-IG Act of 2017 S. 2304 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to protect veterans from predatory lending, and for other purposes. S. 488 JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 S. 3401 Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act of 2018 S. 3443 GUIDE Compliance Act
Client expense: $712,573 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R.1624; H.R.1667; S.828; H.R.3179; H.R.3439; S.2155; H.R.4292; H.R.4296; H.R.4293; H.R.2319; H.R.3978; H.R.2121; H.R.4790; H.R.4659; H.R.5323; H.R.5749; S.3107; H.R.5961; H.R.6258; H.R.6068; S.2499; H.R.5841; S.2098 - Discussed implementation of the Basel capital accord and issues related to capital and liquidity. Discussed margin issues; CFTC reauthorization; and SEC and equity market structure reform. Discussed proposals related to bank structure, capital requirements, capital formation, market structure, and market liquidity, and proxy advisors. Discussed issues related to financial institution bankruptcy reform, including issues related to resolution and recovery under the Bankruptcy Code. Discussed access to capital for emerging growth companies. Discussed budget and revenue measures involving the financial services sector. Discussed the recommendation from the Treasury Financial Reports. Financial CHOICE Act. Discussed treatment of municipal securities. Discussed BSA/AML. Discussed retirement savings issues. Discussed SEC's Best Interest Rule. Discussed e-delivery issues.
Client expense: $830,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Banking
H.R.493, Subsidy Reserve Act of 2017, to require nonbank financial companies supervised by the Federal Reserve Board and bank holding companies over $500 billion of assets to establish and maintain Subsidy Reserves. H.R. 1116/S.366, the TAILOR Act H.R. 1264, Community Financial Institution Exemption Act H.R. 1624, Municipal Finance Support Act H.R. 1948, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 2121, Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act H.R. 2133, CLEARR Act of 017 H.R. 2396, the Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2226, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2403, Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2793, Consumer Transaction Account Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2954, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 3072, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3221, the Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3312, The Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act H.R. 3741, to codify the Minority Bank Deposit Program, and for other purposes. H.R. 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, to place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency. H.R. 4439, the Modernizing Borrower Credit Opportunities Act H.R. 4545 / S. 2237, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4648, Home Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 4725, Community Bank Reporting Relief Act H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, the Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act H.R. 5076, Small Bank Exam Cycle Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 S. 828, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets. S. 1002, CLEAR Relief Act S. 1139, Main Street Regulatory Fairness Act S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1310, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act S. 1500, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to ensure that the reciprocal deposits of an insured depository institution are not considered to be funds obtained by or through a deposit broker. S. 1642 / H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 S. 1893, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision. S. 1962, Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Russell Amendment to H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Section 701 of H.R. 5841, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 Capital Rules Liquidity Rules LIBOR Stress Testing Accountability for Basel/FSB negotiations Volcker Rule Reform DoL Fiduciary Rule The Financial CHOICE Act Durbin Interchange Amendment De novo banks
Client expense: $2,500,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Banking
H.R. 1116 Tailor Act of 2017 H.R. 1244 Credit Union Access to Supplemental Capital H.R. 1264 Community Financial Institutions Exemption Act H.R. 1426 Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act H.R. 1948 Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 1964 Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2017 H.R. 2133 CLEAR Relief Act H.R. 2148 Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans, treatment of loans under regulatory capital rules H.R. 2215 SAFE Act of 2017 H.R. 2226 The Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2319 Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2570 Mortgage Fairness Act H.R. 2948 To amend the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to provide a temporary license for loan originators transitioning between employers, and for other purposes H.R. 2954 Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 3221 Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3299 Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act H.R. 3971 Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 3978 TRID Improvement Act H.R. 4545 The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4015 The Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act H.R. 4562 Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4607 Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4648 Home Mortgage Reporting Relief Act H.R. 4771 Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4790 The Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 5155 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 - The Russell Amendment (Military Banking) H.R. 5534 Give Useful Information to Define Effective (GUIDE) Compliance Act H.R. 5756 SEC Shareholder Reforms H.R. 5783 Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act S. 366 Tailor Act of 2017 S. 567 Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 S. 1002 CLEAR Relief Act S. 1152 SAFE Banking Act S. 1284 Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act S. 1310 Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act S. 1315 Relationship Lending Preservation Act of 2017 S. 1499 A bill to increase from $10B to $50B the threshold figure at which regulated depository institutions are subject to direct examination and reporting requirements of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. S. 1571 National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 2155 Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act Administration's Rescission Package--Funding for CDFI Fund Programs (Bank Enterprise Award and Capital Magnet Fund) S. 2361 Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act S. 2755 Postal Banking Act S. 2987 2019 National Defense Authorization Act S.J. Res 57 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Rules/Legislation, including Beneficial Ownership Issue Bank Secrecy Act Reforms Call Report Streamlining Cannabis Banking Capital Access for Community Banks Capital Rules--Basel III, including treatment of commercial real estate loans, Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement asset threshold and impact of tax reform on deferred tax assets/regulatory capital CFPB Data Aggregation CFPB Data Collection CFPB Overdraft CFPB Reforms/Governance Structure CFPB Small Business Loan Data Collection Community Reinvestment Act Credit Union Business Lending Powers Credit Union Field of Membership Rules Credit Union Supplemental Capital Customer Due Diligence Rule Cybersecurity - Information Sharing Data Security and Breaches De Novo Bank Applications Durbin Interchange Amendment Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act Implementation Equifax Data Breach Faster Payments Flood Insurance Reauthorization Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Regulations Housing Finance Reform Industrial Loan Corporation Loophole/Exemption from Bank Holding Company Act/Square Financial Services Inc (ILC) deposit insurance application Innovation Initiative (FinTech) Interchange Mortgage Lending Regulations/Reform Mortgage Servicing Regulations Postal Banking Public Banking Qualified Mortgages, Ability to Repay Rules Regulatory Burden Relief for Community Banks Regulatory and Tax Relief for Community Banks SBA 7(a) Lending Limit Support for the nomination of Jelena McWilliams for FDIC Chairman Support for the nomination of Michelle Bowman for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Virtual Currency
Client expense: $1,890,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Banking
Monitor issues regarding the land title industry; RESPA and TILA integration (TRID). Monitor HR 3978 and HR 5078, TRID Improvement, Act and S. 2155.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Banking
H.R.916 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of guarantee fees as offsets. H.R.1018 To replace the Director of the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtectionwith a 5-person commission, and for other purposes. H.R.1116 TAILOR Act H.R. 1153 Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R.1257 Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R.1366 U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017 H.R.389 Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act H.R.491 Let the GSEs Pay Us Back Act of 2017 H.R.815 To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. H.R.910 Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R.1219 Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1637 RIGHTS at the CFPB Act of 2017 H.R. 2133 CLEARR Act H.R. 2226 Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2948 To amend the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to provide a temporary license for loan originators transitioning between employers, and for other purposes. H.R. 2890 Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act H.R. 4278 Independence from Credit Policy Act of 2017 H.R. 2148 Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans H.R. 2954 Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 4607 Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 3221 Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3299 Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3978 TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1264 Community Financial Institution Exemption Act H.R. 5266 Financial Product Safety Commission Act H.R. 4545 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness & Reform Act H.R. 5534 - GUIDE Compliance Act H.R. 6147 - the Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 S.105 Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S.365 A bill to amend theConsumerFinancialProtectionAct of 2010 to remove the funding cap relating to the transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtection, and for other purposes. S.366 TAILOR Act S.370 A bill to eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. S.387 A bill to amend theConsumerFinancialProtectionAct of 2010 to subject the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtectionto the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S. 626 CFPB-IG Act of 2017 S. 1753 SAFE Transitional License Act S. 2155 Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2304 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to protect veterans from predatory lending, and for other purposes. S. 2405 Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans S. 488 - JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 S. 1685 - Credit Score Competition Act of 2017
Client expense: $873,696 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79/S. 588, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645/S. 2126, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1702, Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226/S. 2013, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3110, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312/S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746/S. 2702, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3860, IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 3903/S. 2347, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4028/S. 1982, Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology (PROTECT) Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281/S. 2953, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4537, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4659, To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 H.R. 5051, Public Company Registration Threshold Act H.R. 5054, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018 H.R. 5059, State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R. 5105/S. 2436, Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 H.R. 5192/S. 2498, Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act H.R. 5266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 H.R. 5323, Derivatives Fairness Act H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018 H.R. 5749, Options Markets Stability Act H.R. 5756, To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 H.R. 5877, Main Street Growth Act H.R. 5970, Simplifying Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 5999, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6035, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act H.R. 6130, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 6139, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act S. 327, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1117, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1463, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 1744, Brokaw Act S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2282, Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2018 S. 2499, A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority S. 2756, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act S. 2765, RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018 S. 3004, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 S. J. Res. 57, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act" Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act Draft legislation directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase and align the smaller reporting company and nonaccelerated filer financial thresholds Draft legislation to remove the limitation on large accelerated filers qualifying as an emerging growth company Draft legislation to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definition of a qualifying portfolio company to include an emerging growth company, for purposes of the exemption from registration for venture capital fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Draft legislation to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to increase the percentage of voting shares a diversified company may hold in a single issuer Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,945-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards (81 Fed. Reg. 74,315-74,326, October 26, 2016) Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) Proposed regulation on Regulation Best Interest (83 Fed. Reg. 21,574-21,682, May 9, 2018) Proposed Commission interpretation regarding standard of conduct for investment advisers; request for comment on enhancing investment (83 Fed. Reg. 21,203-21,214, May 9, 2018) Proposed rule on form CRS relationship summary; amendments to form ADV; required disclosures in retail communications and restrictions on the use of certain names or titles (83 Fed. Reg. 21,416-21,575, May 9, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Civil Investigative Demands and Associated Processes (83 Fed. Reg. 3,686-3,687, January 26, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Rules and Practices for Adjudication Proceedings (83 Fed. Reg. 5,055-5,056, February 5, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Enforcement Processes (83 Fed. Reg. 5,999-6,000, February 12, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau External Engagements (83 Fed. Reg. 8,247-8,249, February 26, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Public Reporting Practices of Consumer Complaint Information (83 Fed. Reg. 9,499-9,501, March 6, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Rulemaking Processes (83 Fed. Reg. 10,437-10,440, March 9, 2018) Request for Information Regarding the Bureaus Adopted Regulations and New Rulemaking Authorities (83 Fed. Reg. 12,286-12,289, March 21, 2018) Request for Information Regarding the Bureaus Inherited Regulations and Inherited Rulemaking Authorities (83 Fed. Reg. 12,881-12,883, March 26, 2018) Request for Information Regarding the Bureaus Supervision Program (83 Fed. Reg. 7,166-7,168, February 20, 2018) Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Regulatory Capital Rules: Regulatory Capital, Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio Standards for U.S. Global Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies and Certain of Their Subsidiary Insured Depository Institutions; Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity Requirements for U.S. Global Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies; Federal Reserve System Docket No. R-1604 and OCC Docket ID OCC-2018-0002 Nomination of Governor Jerome Powell to serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; Notice of Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) engagement initiative; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Federal Reserve: Enhanced Disclosure of the Models Used in the Federal Reserves Supervisory Stress Test, Docket No. OP-1586; Stress Testing Policy Statement, Docket No. OP-1587; Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, Docket No. OP-1588; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 3.0; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; credit bureau issues; tailoring bank rules to reduce the burden on small, midsize, and regional banks; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); application of Customer Identification Program requirements under anti-money laundering rules to bank-affiliated premium finance companies; application of the May 2016 Customer Due Diligence Rule to routine cash refunds issued by bank-affiliated premium finance companies; proposals to audit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; small business lending; consolidated asset thresholds related to the Advanced Approaches capital framework, the net stable fund ratio rule, and the liquidity coverage ratio rule; impact of prudential regulations on lending to small businesses by depository institutions; testimony by the Vice Chairman for Supervision, Federal Reserve Board, to the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; blockchain and fintech
Client expense: $15,190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Housing
H.R. 3978, the TRID Improvement Act of 2017, a bill to amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures, and for other purposes; entire bill. S. 2490, the TRID Improvement Act of 2018, a bill to amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures; entire bill. General education regarding data security and breach notification laws; no bill yet introduced. General education concerning housing finance reform; no bill yet introduced. General education concerning wire fraud in real estate transactions; no bill yet introduced. H.R. 5078, the TRID Improvement Act of 2018, a bill to amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures, and for other purposes; entire bill. H.R. 5953, the Building Up Independent Lives and Dreams Act, a bill to provide regulatory relief to charitable organizations that provide housing assistance; entire bill.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Supplemental capital issues, regulatory issues for credit unions and tax exemption status: HR 10, HR 389, HR 1018, HR 1031, HR 1116, HR 1153, HR 1244, HR 1264, HR 1401, HR 1422, HR 1423, HR 1426, HR 1457, HR 1699, HR 1801, HR 1958, HR 1964, HR 2133, HR 2170, HR 2215, HR 2226, HR 2246, HR 2359, HR 2403, HR 2553, HR 2570, HR 2706, HR 2793, HR 2868, HR 2874, HR 2875, HR 2877, HR 2890, HR 2954, HR 3072, HR 3110, HR 3221, HR 3312, HR 3354, HR 3746, HR 3758, HR 3766, HR 3857, HR 3866, HR 3971, HR 3978, HR 4081, HR 4296, HR 4439, HR 4464, HR 4499, HR 4545, HR 4648, HR 4651, HR 4743, HR 4746, HR 4764, HR 4771, HR 4790, HR 4861, HR 4905, HR 5076, HR 5166, HR 5266, HR 5288, HR 5470, HR 5474, HR 5484, HR 5502, HR 5659, HR 5673, HR 5793, HR 5877, HR 5993, HR 6068, HR 6102, HR 6158, HR 6163, HR 6192; HJ Res 62, HJ Res 73, HJ Res 122, HJ Res 132; S 21, S 105, S 223, SJ Res 19, S 365, S 366, S 370, S 387, S 563, S 567, S 836, S 838, S 1002, S 1152, S 1264, S 1284, S 1313, S 1315, S 1368, S 1389, S 1499, S 1571, S 1579, S 1642, S 1753, S 1810, S 1962, S 1982, S 2155, S 2171, S 2237, S 2289, S 2362, S 2375, S 2417, S 2490, S 2701, S 2702, S 2862, S 3032, S 3040, S 3070, S 3128, S 3139; SJ Res 47 SJ Res 56, SJ Res 57; data security and cybersecurity: patent reform; FHLB membership rules; CFPB and FSOC reform; and GSE reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Authority of CFPB Bank capital rules Banks stress tests Best interest standard CFPB Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity Dept. of Ed barriers to emergency relief funds Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation policies relating to bank employment Federal Reserve rating system for large financial institutions Financial Technology ("Fintech") Funding of CFPB H.J. Res. 111, regarding the CFPB rule on Mandatory Arbitration H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 1116, the "Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2017" H.R. 1144, the Inclusive Prosperity Act H.R. 1153, the "Mortgage Choice Act" H.R. 1585, the "Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act" H.R. 1645, the "Fostering Innovation Act of 2017" H.R. 1699, the "Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017" H.R. 2121, the "Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act" H.R. 2133, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act H.R. 2148, "Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans" H.R. 2201, the "Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act" H.R. 2295, the Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 2306, the Putting Main Street FIRST: Finishing Irresponsible Reckless Speculative Trading Act H.R. 2319, The "Consumer Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act" H.R. 2396, the "Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act" H.R. 2570, the "Mortgage Fairness Act of 2017" H.R. 2585, the 21st Century Glass Steagall Act H.R. 2706, the "Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017" H.R. 2954, the "Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act" H.R. 3072, the "Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017" H.R. 3179, the "Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act" H.R. 3221, the "Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act" H.R. 3299, the "Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act of 2017" H.R. 3312, the "Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017" H.R. 3857, the "Protecting Advice for Small Savers Act of 2017" H.R. 3911, the "Risk-Based Credit Examination Act" H.R. 3948, the "Protection of Source Code Act" H.R. 3971, the "Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017" H.R. 3973, the "Market Data Protection Act of 2017" H.R. 3978, the "TRID Improvement Act" H.R. 399, the Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act H.R. 4015, the "Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017" H.R. 4247, the "Restoring Financial Market Freedom Act" H.R. 4263, the "Regulation A+ Improvement Act" H.R. 4267, the "Small Business Credit Availability Act" H.R. 4279, the "Expanding Investment Opportunities Act" H.R. 4292, the "Living Will Improvement Act" H.R. 4293, the "Stress Test Improvement Act" H.R. 4296, "To Place Requirements on Operational Risk Capital Requirements For Banking Organizations" H.R. 4464, the "Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2017" H.R. 4508, the "Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act" H.R. 4529, the "Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017" H.R. 4537, the "International Insurance Standards Act of 2017" H.R. 4545, the "Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act" H.R. 4546, the "National Securities Exchange Regulatory Parity Act" H.R. 4566, the "Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act" H.R. 477, the Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017″ H.R. 790, the Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2017 H.R. 859, the Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act - HR 1116 -- Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operating Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 HR 1153 -- Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 HR 1264 -- Community Financial Institution Exemption Act HR 2226 -- Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act HR 2319 -- Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 HR 3312 HR 3746 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 HR 3978 -- TRID Improvement Act of 2017 HR 4061 -- Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 HR 4263 -- Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 HR 4293 -- Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 HR 4296 -- To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency HR 4545 -- Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act HR 4550 -- Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 HR 4566 -- Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act HR 4607 -- Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act HR 4659 -- To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives HR 4738 -- Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act HR 4771 -- Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 HR 4785 -- American Customer Information Protection Act HR 4790 -- Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act HR 4861 -- Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 HR 5051 -- Public Company Registration Threshold Act HR 5082 -- Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2018 HR 5323 -- Derivatives Fairness Act Legislation affecting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffing Nomination of Joseph Otting to be Comptroller of the Currency Nominations for SEC, CFTC, FDIC Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act of 2017 (H.R. 3299) S. 1020, the Carried Interest Fairness Act S. 1642 S. 2155 -- Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2155, the "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act" S. 2417 -- the Stopping Abuse & Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act S.J. Res. 47 SEC fiduciary rule Sen. Brown Amendment No. 2080 Sen. Moran Amendment No. 2140 Substitute Amendment to S. 2155 Treasury department review of financial regulations Volcker Rule *In accordance with her lobbying and communication restrictions, Kristine Lucius has not lobbied or had contact with any covered officials in the Senate on these issues
Client expense: $292,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R.1624; H.R.1667; S.828; H.R.3179; H.R.3280; H.R.3439; H.R.3268; S.2155; H.R.4292; H.R.4296; H.R.4293; H.R.2319; H.R.3978; H.R.2121; H.R.1625; H.R.4790; H.R.4659; H.R.5323 - Discussed implementation of the Basel capital accord and issues related to capital and liquidity. Discussed margin issues; CFTC reauthorization; and SEC and equity market structure reform. Discussed proposals related to bank structure, capital requirements, capital formation, market structure, and market liquidity. Discussed issues related to financial institution bankruptcy reform, including issues related to resolution and recovery under the Bankruptcy Code. Discussed access to capital for emerging growth companies. Discussed budget and revenue measures involving the financial services sector. Discussed the Financial CHOICE Act. Discussed treatment of municipal securities. Discussed BSA/AML. Discussed retirement savings issues. Discussed Fiduciary Rule. Discussed e-delivery issues.
Client expense: $730,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Banking
Bills in the Senate: S. 708 Regulatory Improvement Act S. 774 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act S. 1484 Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1491 Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015 S. 1607 the Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015 S. 1647 Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act S. 1773 Consumer Reporting Fairness Act of 2015 S. 1818 Principled Rulemaking Act S. 1820 Early Participation in Regulations Act S. 1817 Smarter Regulations Through Advance Planning and Review Act S. 1958 Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act S. 2038 Jumpstart GSE reform Act S. 2050 Private Education Loan Refinancing Act S. 2387 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017 Senate Appropriations on Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill FY2017 S. 2663 Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act S.J. Res. 19 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to prepaid accounts under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and the Truth in Lending Act. (CRA) S. 552: Justice for Victims of Fraud Act S. 537: Arbitration Fairness Act S. 550: Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act S. 553: Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act S. 647: Mandatory Arbitration Transparency Act S. 646: Justice for Servicemembers Act S.951 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 S. 1642, Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act of 2017 S.J.Res.47 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements" S. 1659, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act S.2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S.J.Res. 56 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Payday, Vehicle, Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans (Payday CRA) S.J.Res. 57 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Auto CRA) Bills in the House: H.R. 4 Jobs for America Act H.R. 37 Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 50 Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 113 Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 185 The Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 347 Facilitating Access to Credit Act H.R. 367 Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act H.R. 427 Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 H.R. 527 Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 H.R. 650 Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015 H.R. 685 Mortgage Choice Act of 2015 H.R. 766 Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 899 Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act H.R. 957 CFPB IG act of 2015 H.R. 1090 Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 1195 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1210 Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 1259 Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1261 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 1264, Community Financial Institution Exemption Act H.R. 1265 Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1266 Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015 H.R. 1413 Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 1493 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act H.R. 1529 the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 1553 Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1660 Federal Saving Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2015 H.R. 1737 Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act H.R. 1799 Ensure Fair Prices in Title Insurance Act H.R. 1941 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 2213 To provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 and the Truth in Lending Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 2029 and related amendments Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 H.R. 2243 Equity in Government Compensation Act of 201 H.R. 2354 Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act H.R. 4294 -SAVERS Act of 2015 H.R. 2542 Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act H.R. 2683, the Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 2577 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2804 Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency (ALERRT) Act (H.R. 2804). H.R. 3035 Credit Access and Inclusion Act H.R. 3189 FORM Act of 2015 H.R. 3192 Homebuyers Assistance Act H.R. 3438 REVIEW Act H.R. 3634 Student Loan Debt Protection Act H.R. 4018 Consumer Protection and Choice Act H.R. 4293 Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.R. 4439 Modernizing Credit Opportunities Act H.R. 4550, the Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act H.R. 4648, the Home Mortgage Reporting Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 4725, the Community Bank Reporting Relief Act H.R. 4768 The Separation of Powers Restoration Act, 2016 H.R. 4986 End Operation Choke Point Act of 2014 H.R. 5143 The International Insurance Standards Act H.R. 5485 The "Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5982 Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016 Fiscal Year 2016 spending bills for the Department of Justice (CJS) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science Funding Bill H.R. 21 -Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 26 -Executive Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 (REINS Act) H.R. 5 -Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 (RAA) H.J. Res. 73 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to prepaid accounts under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and the Truth in Lending Act. (CRA) H.R. 1424: Justice for Victims of Fraud Act H.R. 1374: Arbitration Fairness Act H.R. 1396: Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act H.R. 985: The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 H.R. 585: Investor Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 864, (Rep. Love), the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2017 H.R. 924, (Rep. Rothfus), the Financial Institutions Due Process Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, (Rep. Tipton), the Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy Act of 2017 H.R. 2133, (Rep. Luetkemeyer), the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2017 (CLEARR act) H.R. 2148, (Rep. Pittenger), the Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans H.R. 2226, (Rep. Barr), the Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2396, (Rep. Trott), the Privacy Notification Technical Correction Act H.R. 3221, (Rep. Kustoff), the Access to Affordable Mortgages Act of 2017 H.R. ____, (Rep. Hollingsworth), the Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans Act of 2017 H.R. ____, (Rep. Tenney), to simplify the process for national banks to obtain deposit insurance, and for other purposes. House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Financial Services Bill H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1699, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017 H.R. 2954, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3791, Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 H.J.Res.111, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements" H.R. 3760, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act H.R. 1153, the Mortgage Choice Act H.R. 3978, the TRID Improvement Act H.J.Res. 122 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans". Under Discussion: A bill to reform Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSE Reform) A bill to provide consumer protections for overdraft fees A bill to provide consumer protections in auto lending Amendments and riders to appropriations bills House Bill re: Non-profit CDFI Depository Bank Expansion House Bill, Chairman Hensarling discussion draft, The Financial Choice Act House Bill, Rep. Pearce Seller Finance and Balloon Loans Senate and House - Updates to the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act Senate and House -Updates to the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act (also SAFE act) Senate - Senator Durbins usury rate cap bill (unintroduced at this time)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
-Fiduciary rule -S. 2155: Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act -Mnuchin nomination -Mulvaney nomination -Consolidated Appropriations Act -H.R. 4771: Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act -H.R. 3978: TRID Improvement Act of 2017 -H.R. 1153: Mortgage Choice Act -CFIUS reform -Investor protection -carbon emissions disclosure
Client expense: $680,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · first_quarter · Banking
H.R.493, Subsidy Reserve Act of 2017, to require nonbank financial companies supervised by the Federal Reserve Board and bank holding companies over $500 billion of assets to establish and maintain Subsidy Reserves. H.R. 1116/S.366, the TAILOR Act H.R. 1264, Community Financial Institution Exemption Act H.R. 1624, Municipal Finance Support Act H.R. 1948, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 2121, Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act H.R. 2133, CLEARR Act of 017 H.R. 2396, the Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2226, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2403, Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2793, Consumer Transaction Account Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2954, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 3072, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3221, the Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3312, The Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act H.R. 3741, to codify the Minority Bank Deposit Program, and for other purposes. H.R. 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, to place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency. H.R. 4545 / S. 2237, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4648, Home Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 4725, Community Bank Reporting Relief Act H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, the Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act H.R. 5076, Small Bank Exam Cycle Improvement Act of 2018 S. 828, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets. S. 1002, CLEAR Relief Act S. 1139, Main Street Regulatory Fairness Act S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1310, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act S. 1500, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to ensure that the reciprocal deposits of an insured depository institution are not considered to be funds obtained by or through a deposit broker. S. 1642 / H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 S. 1893, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision. S. 1962, Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Capital Rules Liquidity Rules Stress Testing Accountability for Basel/FSB negotiations Volcker Rule Reform DoL Fiduciary Rule The Financial CHOICE Act Durbin Interchange Amendment De novo banks
Client expense: $2,592,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 910/S. 327, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1849, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226/S. 2013, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2319, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3110, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312/S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3860, IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 3861, Federal Insurance Office Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3903, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4028/S. 1982, Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology (PROTECT) Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4537, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4659, To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4861, Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 H.R. 5051, Public Company Registration Threshold Act H.R. 5323, Derivatives Fairness Act S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1463, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2282, Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2018 S. 2498, Protecting Children From Identity Theft Act Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards (81 Fed. Reg. 74,315-74,326, October 26, 2016) Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) Nomination of Governor Jerome Powell to serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; Notice of Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) engagement initiative; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Federal Reserve: Enhanced Disclosure of the Models Used in the Federal Reserves Supervisory Stress Test, Docket No. OP-1586; Stress Testing Policy Statement, Docket No. OP-1587; Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, Docket No. OP-1588; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 2.0; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; credit bureau issues; tailoring bank rules to reduce the burden on small, midsize, and regional banks; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); application of Customer Identification Program requirements under anti-money laundering rules to bank-affiliated premium finance companies; application of the May 2016 Customer Due Diligence Rule to routine cash refunds issued by bank-affiliated premium finance companies; proposals to audit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; small business lending
Client expense: $15,390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · first_quarter · Banking
H.R. 10 Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 924 Financial Institutions Due Process Act H.R. 1116 Tailor Act of 2017 H.R. 1244 Credit Union Access to Supplemental Capital H.R. 1264 Community Financial Institutions Exemption Act H.R. 1422 Flood Insurance Development Modernization Act H.R. 1426 Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act H.R. 1457 Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy Act H.R. 1948 Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 1964 Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2017 H.R. 2133 CLEAR Relief Act H.R. 2148 Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans, treatment of loans under regulatory capital rules H.R. 2170 Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 2204 Homeowner Information Privacy Protection H.R. 2215 SAFE Act of 2017 H.R. 2226 The Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2319 Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2570 Mortgage Fairness Act H.R. 2706 Financial Institution Customer Protection Act: Anti-Choke Point Provisions H.R. 2868 National Flood Insurance Program Policyholder Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2874 21st Century Flood Reform Act H.R. 2875 National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 2948 To amend the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to provide a temporary license for loan originators transitioning between employers, and for other purposes H.R. 2954 Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 3070 To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to clarify the definition of a deposit broker, and for other purposes H.R. 3072 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017 H.R. 3089 Corporate Transparency Act of 2017, disclosure of beneficial owners and corporations H.R. 3221 Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3299 Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act H.R. 3857 PASS Act of 2017: Repeal DOL Fiduciary Rule H.R. 3971 Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 3978 TRID Improvement Act H.R. 4424 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for interest on certain small business loans. H.R. 4545 The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4562 Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4607 Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4648 Home Mortgage Reporting Relief Act H.R. 4725 The Community Bank Reporting Relief Act H.R. 4771 Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4790 The Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act S. 366 Tailor Act of 2017 S. 387 CFPB Accountability Act S. 563 The Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act S. 567 Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 S. 1002 CLEAR Relief Act S. 1152 SAFE Banking Act S. 1264 Community Bank Sensible Regulation Act of 2017 S. 1284 Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act S. 1310 Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act S. 1315 Relationship Lending Preservation Act of 2017 S. 1499 A bill to increase from $10B to $50B the threshold figure at which regulated depository institutions are subject to direct examination and reporting requirements of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. S. 1571 National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 1647 TRUPS Reform S. 2155 Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Rules/Legislation, including Beneficial Ownership Issue Call Report Streamlining Capital Access for Community Banks Capital Rules--Basel III, including treatment of commercial real estate loans, Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement asset threshold and impact of tax reform on deferred tax assets/regulatory capital CFPB Data Aggregation CFPB Data Collection CFPB Overdraft CFPB Reforms/Governance Structure CFPB Small Business Loan Data Collection Community Bank Examination Appeals Community Reinvestment Act Credit Union Business Lending Powers Credit Union Field of Membership Rules Credit Union Supplemental Capital Cybersecurity - Information Sharing Data Security and Breaches De Novo Bank Applications Durbin Interchange Amendment Equifax Data Breach Faster Payments Flood Insurance Reauthorization Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Regulations Housing Finance Reform Industrial Loan Corporation Loophole/Exemption from Bank Holding Company Act/Square Financial Services Inc (ILC) deposit insurance application Innovation Initiative (FinTech) Interchange Mortgage Lending Regulations/Reform Mortgage Servicing Regulations Qualified Mortgages, Ability to Repay Rules Regulatory Burden Relief for Community Banks Regulatory and Tax Relief for Community Banks SBA 7(a) Lending Limit Support for the nomination of Jelena McWilliams for FDIC Chairman Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 Virtual Currency
Client expense: $1,220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Banking
H.R.916 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of guarantee fees as offsets. H.R.1018 To replace the Director of the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtectionwith a 5-person commission, and for other purposes. H.R.1116 TAILOR Act H.R. 1153 Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R.1257 Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R.1366 U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017 H.R.389 Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act H.R.491 Let the GSEs Pay Us Back Act of 2017 H.R.815 To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. H.R.910 Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R.1219 Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1637 RIGHTS at the CFPB Act of 2017 H.R. 2133 CLEARR Act H.R. 2226 Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2948 To amend the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to provide a temporary license for loan originators transitioning between employers, and for other purposes. H.R. 2890 Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act H.R. 4278 Independence from Credit Policy Act of 2017 H.R. 2148 Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans H.R. 2954 Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 4607 Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 3221 Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3299 Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3978 TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1264 Community Financial Institution Exemption Act H.R. 5266 Financial Product Safety Commission Act H.R. 4545 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness & Reform Act S.105 Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S.365 A bill to amend theConsumerFinancialProtectionAct of 2010 to remove the funding cap relating to the transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtection, and for other purposes. S.366 TAILOR Act S.370 A bill to eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. S.387 A bill to amend theConsumerFinancialProtectionAct of 2010 to subject the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtectionto the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S. 626 CFPB-IG Act of 2017 S. 1753 SAFE Transitional License Act S. 2155 Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2304 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to protect veterans from predatory lending, and for other purposes. S. 2405 Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans
Client expense: $671,317 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Housing
General education regarding data security and breach notification laws; no bill introduced. General education concerning housing finance reform; no bill introduced. General education concerning wire fraud in real estate transactions; no bill introduced. H.R. 3978, the TRID Improvement Act of 2017, a bill to amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures, and for other purposes; entire bill. S. 2490, the TRID Improvement Act of 2018, a bill to amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures; entire bill. H.R. 5078, the TRID Improvement Act of 2018, a bill to amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures, and for other purposes; entire bill.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Banking
Monitor issues regarding the land title industry; RESPA and TILA integration (TRID). Monitor HR 3978 and HR 5078, TRID Improvement, Act and S. 2155.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Supplemental capital issues, regulatory issues for credit unions and tax exemption status: HR 10, HR 389, HR 620, HR 1018, HR 1031, HR 1116, HR 1153, HR 1244, HR 1264, HR 1401, HR 1422, HR 1423, HR 1426, HR 1457, HR 1529, HR 1699, HR 1801, HR 1958, HR 1964, HR 2133, HR 2170, HR 2215, HR 2226, HR 2246, HR 2359, HR 2403, HR 2553, HR 2570, HR 2706, HR 2793, HR 2868, HR 2874, HR 2875, HR 2877, HR 2890, HR 2954, HR 3072, HR 3110, HR 3221, HR 3312, HR 3354, HR 3746, HR 3758, HR 3766, HR 3857, HR 3866, HR 3971, HR 3978, HR 4081, HR 4296, HR 4439, HR 4464, HR 4499, HR 4545, HR 4648, HR 4651 HR 4746, HR 4764, HR 4771, HR 4790, HR 4861, HR 4905, HR 5076, HR 5166, HR 5266, HR 5288; HJ Res 62, HJ Res 73, HJ Res 122; S 21, S 105, S 223, SJ Res 19, S 365, S 366, S 370, S 387, S 563, S 567, S 836, S 838, S 1002, S 1264, S 1284, S 1313, S 1315, S 1368, S 1389, S 1499, S 1571, S 1579, S 1642, S 1753, S 1810, S 1962, S 1982, S 2155, S 2171, S 2237, S 2289, S 2362, S 2375; SJ Res 47 SJ Res 56, SJ Res 57; data security and cybersecurity: patent reform; FHLB membership rules; CFPB and FSOC reform; and GSE reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Bills in the Senate: S. 708 Regulatory Improvement Act S. 774 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act S. 1484 Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1491 Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015 S. 1607 the Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015 S. 1647 Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act S. 1773 Consumer Reporting Fairness Act of 2015 S. 1818 Principled Rulemaking Act S. 1820 Early Participation in Regulations Act S. 1817 Smarter Regulations Through Advance Planning and Review Act S. 1958 Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act S. 2038 Jumpstart GSE reform Act S. 2050 Private Education Loan Refinancing Act S. 2387 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017 Senate Appropriations on Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill FY2017 S. 2663 Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act S.J. Res. 19 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to prepaid accounts under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and the Truth in Lending Act. (CRA) S. 552: Justice for Victims of Fraud Act S. 537: Arbitration Fairness Act S. 550: Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act S. 553: Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act S. 647: Mandatory Arbitration Transparency Act S. 646: Justice for Servicemembers Act S.951 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 S. 1642, Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act of 2017 S.J.Res.47 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements" S. 1659, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act S.2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Bills in the House: H.R. 4 Jobs for America Act H.R. 37 Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 50 Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 113 Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 185 The Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 347 Facilitating Access to Credit Act H.R. 367 Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act H.R. 427 Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 H.R. 527 Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 H.R. 650 Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015 H.R. 685 Mortgage Choice Act of 2015 H.R. 766 Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 899 Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act H.R. 957 CFPB IG act of 2015 H.R. 1090 Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 1195 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1210 Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 1259 Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1261 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 1264, Community Financial Institution Exemption Act H.R. 1265 Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1266 Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015 H.R. 1413 Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 1493 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act H.R. 1529 the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 1553 Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1660 Federal Saving Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2015 H.R. 1737 Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act H.R. 1799 Ensure Fair Prices in Title Insurance Act H.R. 1941 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 2213 To provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 and the Truth in Lending Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 2029 and related amendments Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 H.R. 2243 Equity in Government Compensation Act of 201 H.R. 2354 Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act H.R. 4294 -SAVERS Act of 2015 H.R. 2542 Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act H.R. 2683, the Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 2577 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2804 Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency (ALERRT) Act (H.R. 2804). H.R. 3035 Credit Access and Inclusion Act H.R. 3189 FORM Act of 2015 H.R. 3192 Homebuyers Assistance Act H.R. 3438 REVIEW Act H.R. 3634 Student Loan Debt Protection Act H.R. 4018 Consumer Protection and Choice Act H.R. 4293 Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.R. 4550, the Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act H.R. 4648, the Home Mortgage Reporting Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 4725, the Community Bank Reporting Relief Act H.R. 4768 The Separation of Powers Restoration Act, 2016 H.R. 4986 End Operation Choke Point Act of 2014 H.R. 5143 The International Insurance Standards Act H.R. 5485 The "Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5982 Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016 Fiscal Year 2016 spending bills for the Department of Justice (CJS) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science Funding Bill H.R. 21 -Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 26 -Executive Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 (REINS Act) H.R. 5 -Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 (RAA) H.J. Res. 73 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to prepaid accounts under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and the Truth in Lending Act. (CRA) H.R. 1424: Justice for Victims of Fraud Act H.R. 1374: Arbitration Fairness Act H.R. 1396: Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act H.R. 985: The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 H.R. 585: Investor Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 864, (Rep. Love), the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2017 H.R. 924, (Rep. Rothfus), the Financial Institutions Due Process Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, (Rep. Tipton), the Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy Act of 2017 H.R. 2133, (Rep. Luetkemeyer), the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2017 (CLEARR act) H.R. 2148, (Rep. Pittenger), the Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans H.R. 2226, (Rep. Barr), the Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2396, (Rep. Trott), the Privacy Notification Technical Correction Act H.R. 3221, (Rep. Kustoff), the Access to Affordable Mortgages Act of 2017 H.R. ____, (Rep. Hollingsworth), the Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans Act of 2017 H.R. ____, (Rep. Tenney), to simplify the process for national banks to obtain deposit insurance, and for other purposes. House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Financial Services Bill H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1699, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017 H.R. 2954, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3791, Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 H.J.Res.111, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements" H.R. 3760, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act H.R. 1153, the Mortgage Choice Act H.R. 3978, the TRID Improvement Act H.J.Res. 122 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans". Under Discussion: A bill to reform Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSE Reform) A bill to provide consumer protections for overdraft fees A bill to provide consumer protections in auto lending Amendments and riders to appropriations bills House Bill re: Non-profit CDFI Depository Bank Expansion House Bill, Chairman Hensarling discussion draft, The Financial Choice Act House Bill, Rep. Pearce Seller Finance and Balloon Loans Senate and House - Updates to the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act Senate and House -Updates to the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act (also SAFE act) Senate - Senator Durbins usury rate cap bill (unintroduced at this time)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R.1624; H.R.1667; S.828; H.R.3179; H.R.3280; H.R.3439; H.R.3268; S.2155; H.R.4292; H.R.4296; H.R.4293; H.R.2319; H.R.3978; H.R.2121 - Discussed implementation of the Basel capital accord and issues related to capital and liquidity. Discussed margin issues; CFTC reauthorization; and SEC and equity market structure reform. Discussed proposals related to bank structure, capital requirements, capital formation, market structure, and market liquidity. Discussed issues related to financial institution bankruptcy reform, including issues related to resolution and recovery under the Bankruptcy Code. Discussed access to capital for emerging growth companies. Discussed budget and revenue measures involving the financial services sector. Discussed the Financial CHOICE Act. Discussed treatment of municipal securities. Discussed BSA/AML.
Client expense: $780,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2017 · fourth_quarter · Banking
H.R.493, Subsidy Reserve Act of 2017, to require nonbank financial companies supervised by the Federal Reserve Board and bank holding companies over $500 billion of assets to establish and maintain Subsidy Reserves. H.R. 1116/S.366, the TAILOR Act H.R. 1624, Municipal Finance Support Act H.R. 1948, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 2121, Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act H.R. 2133, CLEARR Act of 017 H.R. 2396, the Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2226, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2403, Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2793, Consumer Transaction Account Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2954, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 3072, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3221, the Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3312, The Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act H.R. 3741, to codify the Minority Bank Deposit Program, and for other purposes. H.R. 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, to place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency. H.R. 4545 / S. 2237, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4648, Home Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 4725, Community Bank Reporting Relief Act S. 828, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets. S. 1002, CLEAR Relief Act S. 1139, Main Street Regulatory Fairness Act S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1310, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act S. 1500, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to ensure that the reciprocal deposits of an insured depository institution are not considered to be funds obtained by or through a deposit broker. S. 1642 / H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 S. 1893, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision. S. 1962, Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Capital Rules Liquidity Rules Stress Testing Accountability for Basel/FSB negotiations Volcker Rule Reform DoL Fiduciary Rule The Financial CHOICE Act Durbin Interchange Amendment De novo banks
Client expense: $3,200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2017 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Supplemental capital issues, regulatory issues for credit unions and tax exemption status: HR 10, HR 389, HR 1018, HR 1031, HR 1116, HR 1153, HR 1244, HR 1264, HR 1401, HR 1422, HR 1423, HR 1426, HR 1457, HR 1529, HR 1699, HR 1801, HR 1958, HR 1964, HR 2133, HR 2170, HR 2215, HR 2226, HR 2246, HR 2359, HR 2403, HR 2553, HR 2570, HR 2706, HR 2793, HR 2868, HR 2874, HR 2875, HR 2877, HR 2890, HR 2954, HR 3072, HR 3110, HR 3221, HR 3312, HR 3354, HR 3746, HR 3758, HR 3766, HR 3857, HR 3866, HR 3971, HR 3978, HR 4081, HR 4296, HR 4439, HR 4464, HR 4499, HR 4545, HR 4648, HR 4651; HJ Res 62, HJ Res 73, HJ Res 111, HJ Res 122; S 21, S 105, S 223, SJ Res 19, S 365, S 366, S 370, S 387, S 563, S 567, S 836, S 838, S 1002, S 1264, S 1284, S 1313, S 1315, S 1368, S 1389, S 1499, S 1571, S 1579, S 1642, S 1753, S 1810, S 1962, S 1982, S 2155, S 2171, S 2237; SJ Res 47; data security and cybersecurity: patent reform; FHLB membership rules; CFPB and FSOC reform; and GSE reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 910/S. 327, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1849, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2319, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3110, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3861, Federal Insurance Office Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3903, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3971, Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4028/S. 1982, Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology (PROTECT) Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation At Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE)Act S. 1463, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act H.J. Res. 111/S.J. Res. 47, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements" Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Potential legislation similar to H.R 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 347, Facilitating Access to Credit Act of 2015 Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards (81 Fed. Reg. 74,315-74,326, October 26, 2016) Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) Nomination of Governor Jerome Powell to serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; CFPB arbitration rulemaking; Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128) modernization; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; Notice of Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) engagement initiative; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 2.0; Small Business Lending Market, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0011; Consumer Credit Market, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0006; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; credit bureau issues; tailoring bank rules to reduce the burden on small, midsize, and regional banks; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128)
Client expense: $16,830,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Monitor issues regarding the land title industry; RESPA and TILA integration (TRID). Monitor the HR 10, the CHOICE Act, and HR 3978, TRID Improvement Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Banking
H.R.916 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of guarantee fees as offsets. H.R.1018 To replace the Director of the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtectionwith a 5-person commission, and for other purposes. H.R.1116 TAILOR Act H.R. 1153 Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R.1257 Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R.1366 U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017 H.R.389 Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act H.R.491 Let the GSEs Pay Us Back Act of 2017 H.R.815 To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. H.R.910 Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R.1219 Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1637 RIGHTS at the CFPB Act of 2017 H.R. 2133 CLEARR Act H.R. 2226 Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2948 To amend the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to provide a temporary license for loan originators transitioning between employers, and for other purposes. H.R. 2890 Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act H.R. 4278 Independence from Credit Policy Act of 2017 H.R. 2148 Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans H.R. 2954 Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 4607 Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 3221 Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3299 Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3978 TRID Improvement Act of 2017 S.105 Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S.365 A bill to amend theConsumerFinancialProtectionAct of 2010 to remove the funding cap relating to the transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtection, and for other purposes. S.366 TAILOR Act S.370 A bill to eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. S.387 A bill to amend theConsumerFinancialProtectionAct of 2010 to subject the Bureau ofConsumerFinancialProtectionto the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S. 626 CFPB-IG Act of 2017 S. 1753 SAFE Transitional License Act S. 2155 Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2304 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to protect veterans from predatory lending, and for other purposes. (could also go under Housing*)
Client expense: $720,645 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2017 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Authority of CFPB Bank capital rules Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation policies relating to bank employment H.J. Res. 111, regarding the CFPB rule on Mandatory Arbitration H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 1116, the "Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2017" H.R. 1144, the Inclusive Prosperity Act H.R. 1153, the "Mortgage Choice Act" H.R. 1585, the "Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act" H.R. 1645, the "Fostering Innovation Act of 2017" H.R. 1699, the "Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017" H.R. 2121, the "Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act" H.R. 2133, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act H.R. 2148, "Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans" H.R. 2201, the "Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act" H.R. 2295, the Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 2306, the Putting Main Street FIRST: Finishing Irresponsible Reckless Speculative Trading Act H.R. 2319, The "Consumer Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act" H.R. 2396, the "Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act" H.R. 2570, the "Mortgage Fairness Act of 2017" H.R. 2585, the 21st Century Glass Steagall Act H.R. 2706, the "Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017" H.R. 2954, the "Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act" H.R. 3072, the "Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017" H.R. 3179, the "Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act" H.R. 3221, the "Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act" H.R. 3299, the "Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act of 2017" H.R. 3312, the "Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017" H.R. 3857, the "Protecting Advice for Small Savers Act of 2017" H.R. 3911, the "Risk-Based Credit Examination Act" H.R. 3948, the "Protection of Source Code Act" H.R. 3971, the "Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017" H.R. 3973, the "Market Data Protection Act of 2017" H.R. 3978, the "TRID Improvement Act" H.R. 399, the Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act H.R. 4015, the "Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017" H.R. 4247, the "Restoring Financial Market Freedom Act" H.R. 4263, the "Regulation A+ Improvement Act" H.R. 4267, the "Small Business Credit Availability Act" H.R. 4279, the "Expanding Investment Opportunities Act" H.R. 4292, the "Living Will Improvement Act" H.R. 4293, the "Stress Test Improvement Act" H.R. 4296, "To Place Requirements on Operational Risk Capital Requirements For Banking Organizations" H.R. 4464, the "Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2017" H.R. 4508, the "Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act" H.R. 4529, the "Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017" H.R. 4537, the "International Insurance Standards Act of 2017" H.R. 4545, the "Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act" H.R. 4546, the "National Securities Exchange Regulatory Parity Act" H.R. 4566, the "Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act" H.R. 477, the Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017″ H.R. 790, the Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2017 H.R. 859, the Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act - HR 3312 Nomination of Joseph Otting to be Comptroller of the Currency Nominations for SEC, CFTC, FDIC Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act of 2017 (H.R. 3299) S. 1020, the Carried Interest Fairness Act S. 1642 S. 2155, the "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act" S.J. Res. 47 SEC fiduciary rule Treasury department review of financial regulations Volcker Rule *In accordance with her lobbying and communication restrictions, Kristine Lucius has not lobbied or had contact with any covered officials in the Senate on these issues
Client expense: $248,180 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2017 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Preserving the credit union tax exemption; Repeal of the Durbin Amendment on debit interchange; Regulatory relief for credit unions and other community financial institutions; Exempting credit unions from the CFPB; CFPB should make greater use of its exemption authority granted by section 1022 of the Dodd-Frank Act; Reforms to the structure of the CFPB and its powers; data and cyber security - create a national data security standard for retailers and others in the payments ecosystem not covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Housing Finance Reform - including but not limited to any reforms should ensure that credit unions have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market based on loan quality rather than quantity; Member Business Lending - raise the arbitrary cap, raise the de minimis exclusion; exempt loans to veterans from the definition of MBL, and exclude non-owner occupied, 1-4-family dwellings from the calculation of the cap on credit union member business loans (H.R. 389 and S. 836); field of membership improvements for credit unions; reforms to credit union capital requirements, including creating a true risk-based capital system and allowing credit unions access to supplemental capital; alternative capital for credit unions; H.R. 1244 - the Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; regulation of FinTech companies; Treasury's report on FinTech and Innovation; E-SIGN; Truth in Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (TILA/RESPA); TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID); HR 3978, the TRID Improvement Act; Bank Secrecy Act; Anti-Money Laundering requirements; underwriting standards for loans; state usury laws; FCC Oversight; TCPA Reform - do not hinder credit unions their ability to contact members; Patent Reform - provide relief from practices of patent trolls; NFIP - flood insurance reauthorization and ensure that any changes do not negatively impact credit unions; The REINS Act (H.R. 26); Improve small business input on federal regulations; Regulatory Flexibility Act; Improvements to SBREFA panels; Improve or require agency regulatory guidance; the Financial CHOICE Act; requiring cost-benefit analysis; Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; Financial Services for the Underserved Act; NCUA's MBL rule for credit unions; Senior$afe Act (HR 3758/S. 223); Stop scams on Seniors; H.R. 916 - do not use g-fees for any purpose other than risk mitigation; the importance of CDFIs to credit unions; do not cut funding for CDFI program; Raise thresholds in Dodd-Frank; Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act; Greater pre-emption authority for the NCUA; Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 1153 - points and fees; Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; the TAILOR Act; operational improvements for credit unions; Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; Examination reform; HR 4545, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; Small Business Administration SBA business loan programs including but not limited to 7(a), 504, express and patriot; Regulatory Accountability Act; Financial Institution Customer Protection Act - ending Operation Choke Point; use the appropriations process for regulatory relief; Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards - Private Flood Insurance (RIN 3133-AE64); "Development of a Private Flood Insurance Market" title of HR 3823; Future of the Payments system; Federal Reserve's role in developing an improved payments system; Regulation D; Regulation CC; Military Lending Act; Protect responsible overdraft services; CECL and its implementation; National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) Premium and issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; protecting the NCUSIF; Federal Credit Union Loan Interest Rate Ceiling; Asset Securitization (RIN 3133-AE29); Freedom of Information Act; Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House FISCAL-2016-0001; Consumer Access to Financial Records Docket No. CFPB-2016-0048; Executive Order on Core Principles for Regulating the US Financial System; FSOC Review Authority; UDAAP; debt collection practices; Debt Collection Quantitative Disclosure Testing (OMB Control Number: 3170-XXXX; Docket No. CFPB-2017-00380); Qualified Mortgages; QM safe harbor for portfolio loans; Ability to Repay; Mortgage Servicing and Mortgage Servicing Assets; Mortgage Servicing Rules under the Truth in Lending Act; CFPB's Consumer Complaint Database; Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Requirements; Payday Lending; small dollar loans (PALs); Prevent arbitration restrictions; S.J. Res. 47/ H.J. Res. 111; TCPA - In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), CG Docket No. 02-278 and CG Docket No. 05-338; TCPA lawsuit abuse; CDFI certification - eliminate redundant required documentation and lessen reporting burden; concerns regarding the entrance of Fannie and Freddie into the chattel loan market; DOL's Fiduciary Duty Rule, Conflict of Interest Rule - Retirement Investment (RIN 1210-AB79); DOD should exercise its authority to extend the MLA credit card exemption; Credit Union Small Business Lending Act - exclude SBA loans from the definition of "member business loans"; Issuing, improving, and adhering to guidance or published "best practices" at the SBA; streamline approval process for SBA loans; improve the user friendliness of the SBA One software; temporarily increase the guarantee on SBA loans; make it easier for credit unions to participate in SBA loan programs; provide more services to help credit unions form; streamline and shorten the application process including approval process for services allowed, and improve communication during the chartering process; NCUA should do more to provide structure and flexibility for the unique challenges that new credit unions face; NCUA and its examiners should establish timetables for responses at various stages of the chartering process and have some limited authority to provide flexibility on a case-by-case basis with new credit unions, such as additional time to build capital requirements or meet certain requirements; Congress should work to allow more flexibility in the Federal Credit Union Act when it comes to prompt corrective action capital requirements for de novo credit unions; field-of-membership (FOM) restrictions should be more accommodating for new credit unions; NCUA should ensure its examiners who are in the field and working with new credit unions, are carrying out the mission of OSCUI, have the ability and flexibility to work with new credit unions, and have the experience to understand business plans adopted by new credit unions; NCUA should take steps to ensure that there are not disconnects between headquarters and regional offices, and assign a specific contact at NCUA for the de novo credit union during the chartering process; modernize outdated governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act and its rules and regulations, and taking steps to reform its standard credit union bylaws; examiner consistency; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) proposed update and revisions to the collection of Suspicious Activities Reports (SARs) required under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules; combat financial crimes; CFPB's rule governing Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z); Section 1071 of the Dodd Frank Act; thresholds related to open- and close-ended loans; Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs); CFPB's remittance transfer rule; call report modernization; Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and it's implementing, Regulation B; Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process; do not bifurcate the credit union industry with arbitrary thresholds; Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act); Allowable Charges and Fees Assessed Incident to VA-Guaranteed Home Loans; H.R. 1958 and S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans; Overhead Transfer Rate Methodology; NCUA proposed 2018 and 2019 budgets; NCUA Budget Transparency and Increased Efficiency; independent appeals process for credit unions; Credit Risk Transfer; Chattel Loans/duty to serve; H.R. 2133 and S. 1002, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act; Hold regulators accountable for cost and compliance burden estimates; NCUA exemption authority over CFPB rules as they relate to credit unions; regulatory coordination; Credit Score Competition Act; S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act; HR 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017; HR 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017; HR 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act; keep NCUA out of the appropriations process; subject non-depository GLBA institutions to regular examinations; require credit reporting agencies to notify depository institutions when one of their accounts is breached; HR 3354 - retain the 3 member board structure at NCUA, CDFI funding, CDRLF full funding, change single director of CFPB to five member Board; support for recommendations in Treasury Report, A Financial System that Creates Economic Opportunities; Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's Proposed Underserved Markets Plan; CFPB - 2013 RESPA Servicing Rule (Docket No. - 2017-0012); Dept of Labor - Fiduciary Rule and Prohibited Transaction Exemptions RIN 1210-AB82; FHFA- Improving Language Access in Mortgage Lending and Servicing Request for Input; CFPB - Request for Information regarding the Ability-to-repay/QM Rule Assessment (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0014); Dept. of Treasury - Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs; Federal Reserve - Docket No. R-1564: Reg CC - Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks - The Expedited Funds Availability Act, Proposed Rule and Request for Comment - 82 Federal Register 25539 (June 2, 2017); NCUA - proposal to adopt procedures governing appeals to the Board; Voluntary Mergers of Federally Insured Credit Unions; NCUA - 2017 Regulatory Review; NCUA - Publish 2016 Annual Review Report; NCUA-Codify IRPS; NCUA - Standardized publication of Legal Opinion Letters; NCUA - Model Bylaws; NCUA - PAL Improvements; CFPB - Amendments to Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts, RIN 3170-AA72; NCUA's proposal to close the temporary corporate credit union stabilization fund and set the share insurance fund normal operating level - return all of the money credit unions paid in and do not raise the NOL; FCC - In the Matter of Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls (CG Docket No. 17-59); NCUA - Corporate Credit Unions (RIN 3133-AE75); FHFA - FHLB Capital Requirements (RIN 2590-AA70); NCUA - Comments on Requirements for Insurance; NCUSIF Equity Distributions (RIN 3133-AE77); FHFA - 2018-2020 Enterprise Housing Goals (RIN 2590-AA81); CFPB - Small Business Lending (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0011); Dept. of Labor - Overtime Rule (RIN 1235-AA20); NCUA Emergency Mergers - Chartering and Field of Membership (RIN 3133-AE76); H.R. 4464, the Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2017; HR 1457, the Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy Act of 2017; S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act; HR 3221, the Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act; HR 3299, the Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017; HR 4296, related to operational risk capital requirements; Lawsuit abuse related to website access requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act; More oversight of credit Bureaus including subjecting them to examinations related to data security; HR 2396, the Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act; HR 2954, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act; HR 3072, the CFPB Examination and Reporting Threshold Act; HR 3299, the Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act; HR 3857, the Protecting Advice for Small Savers Act; Comments on Proposed Rule - Capital Planning and Supervisory Stress Testing (RIN: 3133-AE80; Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Accuracy of Advertising (RIN: 3133-AE78); Draft Strategic Plan (NCUA 2018-2022); Request for Delay of HMDA Implementation Deadline; CFPB Remittance Rule; NCUA Regulatory Reform Agenda; SBA Reducing Reg Burden RFI (Docket Number SBA-2017-0005); Mortgage Servicing Rules under RESPA (RIN 3170-AA77); NCUA Consideration of HMDA "good faith" compliance efforts in examination process; FCC expand its exigent circumstances exception for data breaches so CUs can contact members without limitation to provide notification and remediation options; IRS Tax Transcript Processing; OCC, FDIC, FRB: proposed Simplified Capital Requirements; FHFA Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2018-2022; Amendments to Federal Mortgage Disclosure Requirements under TILA (RIN 3170-AA61); Deferred Compensation Plans.
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Preserving the credit union tax exemption; Repeal of the Durbin Amendment on debit interchange; Regulatory relief for credit unions and other community financial institutions; Exempting credit unions from the CFPB; CFPB should make greater use of its exemption authority granted by section 1022 of the Dodd-Frank Act; Reforms to the structure of the CFPB and its powers; data and cyber security - create a national data security standard for retailers and others in the payments ecosystem not covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Housing Finance Reform - including but not limited to any reforms should ensure that credit unions have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market based on loan quality rather than quantity; Member Business Lending - raise the arbitrary cap, raise the de minimis exclusion; exempt loans to veterans from the definition of MBL, and exclude non-owner occupied, 1-4-family dwellings from the calculation of the cap on credit union member business loans (H.R. 389 and S. 836); field of membership improvements for credit unions; reforms to credit union capital requirements, including creating a true risk-based capital system and allowing credit unions access to supplemental capital; alternative capital for credit unions; H.R. 1244 - the Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; regulation of FinTech companies; Treasury's report on FinTech and Innovation; E-SIGN; Truth in Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (TILA/RESPA); TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID); HR 3978, the TRID Improvement Act; Bank Secrecy Act; Anti-Money Laundering requirements; underwriting standards for loans; state usury laws; FCC Oversight; TCPA Reform - do not hinder credit unions their ability to contact members; Patent Reform - provide relief from practices of patent trolls; NFIP - flood insurance reauthorization and ensure that any changes do not negatively impact credit unions; The REINS Act (H.R. 26); Improve small business input on federal regulations; Regulatory Flexibility Act; Improvements to SBREFA panels; Improve or require agency regulatory guidance; the Financial CHOICE Act; requiring cost-benefit analysis; Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; Financial Services for the Underserved Act; NCUA's MBL rule for credit unions; Senior$afe Act (HR 3758/S. 223); Stop scams on Seniors; H.R. 916 - do not use g-fees for any purpose other than risk mitigation; the importance of CDFIs to credit unions; do not cut funding for CDFI program; Raise thresholds in Dodd-Frank; Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act; Greater pre-emption authority for the NCUA; Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 1153 - points and fees; Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; the TAILOR Act; operational improvements for credit unions; Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; Examination reform; HR 4545, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; Small Business Administration SBA business loan programs including but not limited to 7(a), 504, express and patriot; Regulatory Accountability Act; Financial Institution Customer Protection Act - ending Operation Choke Point; use the appropriations process for regulatory relief; Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards - Private Flood Insurance (RIN 3133-AE64); "Development of a Private Flood Insurance Market" title of HR 3823; Future of the Payments system; Federal Reserve's role in developing an improved payments system; Regulation D; Regulation CC; Military Lending Act; Protect responsible overdraft services; CECL and its implementation; National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) Premium and issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; protecting the NCUSIF; Federal Credit Union Loan Interest Rate Ceiling; Asset Securitization (RIN 3133-AE29); Freedom of Information Act; Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House FISCAL-2016-0001; Consumer Access to Financial Records Docket No. CFPB-2016-0048; Executive Order on Core Principles for Regulating the US Financial System; FSOC Review Authority; UDAAP; debt collection practices; Debt Collection Quantitative Disclosure Testing (OMB Control Number: 3170-XXXX; Docket No. CFPB-2017-00380); Qualified Mortgages; QM safe harbor for portfolio loans; Ability to Repay; Mortgage Servicing and Mortgage Servicing Assets; Mortgage Servicing Rules under the Truth in Lending Act; CFPB's Consumer Complaint Database; Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Requirements; Payday Lending; small dollar loans (PALs); Prevent arbitration restrictions; S.J. Res. 47/ H.J. Res. 111; TCPA - In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), CG Docket No. 02-278 and CG Docket No. 05-338; TCPA lawsuit abuse; CDFI certification - eliminate redundant required documentation and lessen reporting burden; concerns regarding the entrance of Fannie and Freddie into the chattel loan market; DOL's Fiduciary Duty Rule, Conflict of Interest Rule - Retirement Investment (RIN 1210-AB79); DOD should exercise its authority to extend the MLA credit card exemption; Credit Union Small Business Lending Act - exclude SBA loans from the definition of "member business loans"; Issuing, improving, and adhering to guidance or published "best practices" at the SBA; streamline approval process for SBA loans; improve the user friendliness of the SBA One software; temporarily increase the guarantee on SBA loans; make it easier for credit unions to participate in SBA loan programs; provide more services to help credit unions form; streamline and shorten the application process including approval process for services allowed, and improve communication during the chartering process; NCUA should do more to provide structure and flexibility for the unique challenges that new credit unions face; NCUA and its examiners should establish timetables for responses at various stages of the chartering process and have some limited authority to provide flexibility on a case-by-case basis with new credit unions, such as additional time to build capital requirements or meet certain requirements; Congress should work to allow more flexibility in the Federal Credit Union Act when it comes to prompt corrective action capital requirements for de novo credit unions; field-of-membership (FOM) restrictions should be more accommodating for new credit unions; NCUA should ensure its examiners who are in the field and working with new credit unions, are carrying out the mission of OSCUI, have the ability and flexibility to work with new credit unions, and have the experience to understand business plans adopted by new credit unions; NCUA should take steps to ensure that there are not disconnects between headquarters and regional offices, and assign a specific contact at NCUA for the de novo credit union during the chartering process; modernize outdated governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act and its rules and regulations, and taking steps to reform its standard credit union bylaws; examiner consistency; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) proposed update and revisions to the collection of Suspicious Activities Reports (SARs) required under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules; combat financial crimes; CFPB's rule governing Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z); Section 1071 of the Dodd Frank Act; thresholds related to open- and close-ended loans; Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs); CFPB's remittance transfer rule; call report modernization; Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and it's implementing, Regulation B; Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process; do not bifurcate the credit union industry with arbitrary thresholds; Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act); Allowable Charges and Fees Assessed Incident to VA-Guaranteed Home Loans; H.R. 1958 and S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans; Overhead Transfer Rate Methodology; NCUA proposed 2018 and 2019 budgets; NCUA Budget Transparency and Increased Efficiency; independent appeals process for credit unions; Credit Risk Transfer; Chattel Loans/duty to serve; H.R. 2133 and S. 1002, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act; Hold regulators accountable for cost and compliance burden estimates; NCUA exemption authority over CFPB rules as they relate to credit unions; regulatory coordination; Credit Score Competition Act; S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act; HR 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017; HR 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017; HR 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act; keep NCUA out of the appropriations process; subject non-depository GLBA institutions to regular examinations; require credit reporting agencies to notify depository institutions when one of their accounts is breached; HR 3354 - retain the 3 member board structure at NCUA, CDFI funding, CDRLF full funding, change single director of CFPB to five member Board; support for recommendations in Treasury Report, A Financial System that Creates Economic Opportunities; Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's Proposed Underserved Markets Plan; CFPB - 2013 RESPA Servicing Rule (Docket No. - 2017-0012); Dept of Labor - Fiduciary Rule and Prohibited Transaction Exemptions RIN 1210-AB82; FHFA- Improving Language Access in Mortgage Lending and Servicing Request for Input; CFPB - Request for Information regarding the Ability-to-repay/QM Rule Assessment (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0014); Dept. of Treasury - Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs; Federal Reserve - Docket No. R-1564: Reg CC - Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks - The Expedited Funds Availability Act, Proposed Rule and Request for Comment - 82 Federal Register 25539 (June 2, 2017); NCUA - proposal to adopt procedures governing appeals to the Board; Voluntary Mergers of Federally Insured Credit Unions; NCUA - 2017 Regulatory Review; NCUA - Publish 2016 Annual Review Report; NCUA-Codify IRPS; NCUA - Standardized publication of Legal Opinion Letters; NCUA - Model Bylaws; NCUA - PAL Improvements; CFPB - Amendments to Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts, RIN 3170-AA72; NCUA's proposal to close the temporary corporate credit union stabilization fund and set the share insurance fund normal operating level - return all of the money credit unions paid in and do not raise the NOL; FCC - In the Matter of Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls (CG Docket No. 17-59); NCUA - Corporate Credit Unions (RIN 3133-AE75); FHFA - FHLB Capital Requirements (RIN 2590-AA70); NCUA - Comments on Requirements for Insurance; NCUSIF Equity Distributions (RIN 3133-AE77); FHFA - 2018-2020 Enterprise Housing Goals (RIN 2590-AA81); CFPB - Small Business Lending (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0011); Dept. of Labor - Overtime Rule (RIN 1235-AA20); NCUA Emergency Mergers - Chartering and Field of Membership (RIN 3133-AE76); H.R. 4464, the Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2017; HR 1457, the Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy Act of 2017; S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act; HR 3221, the Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act; HR 3299, the Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017; HR 4296, related to operational risk capital requirements; Lawsuit abuse related to website access requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act; More oversight of credit Bureaus including subjecting them to examinations related to data security; HR 2396, the Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act; HR 2954, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act; HR 3072, the CFPB Examination and Reporting Threshold Act; HR 3299, the Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act; HR 3857, the Protecting Advice for Small Savers Act; Comments on Proposed Rule - Capital Planning and Supervisory Stress Testing (RIN: 3133-AE80; Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Accuracy of Advertising (RIN: 3133-AE78); Draft Strategic Plan (NCUA 2018-2022); Request for Delay of HMDA Implementation Deadline; CFPB Remittance Rule; NCUA Regulatory Reform Agenda; SBA Reducing Reg Burden RFI (Docket Number SBA-2017-0005); Mortgage Servicing Rules under RESPA (RIN 3170-AA77); NCUA Consideration of HMDA "good faith" compliance efforts in examination process; FCC expand its exigent circumstances exception for data breaches so CUs can contact members without limitation to provide notification and remediation options; IRS Tax Transcript Processing; OCC, FDIC, FRB: proposed Simplified Capital Requirements; FHFA Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2018-2022; Amendments to Federal Mortgage Disclosure Requirements under TILA (RIN 3170-AA61); Deferred Compensation Plans.
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Housing
General education regarding data security and breach notification laws; no bill introduced. General education concerning housing finance reform; no bill introduced. General education concerning wire fraud in real estate transactions; no bill introduced. General education concerning retrofit loans such as property assessed clean energy loans; no bill introduced. General education concerning solar energy and real estate; no bill introduced. H.R. 3978, the TRID Improvement Act of 2017, a bill to amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures, and for other purposes; entire bill. H.R.2874, the 21st Century Flood Reform Act, a bill to achieve reforms to improve the financial stability of the National Flood Insurance Program, to enhance the development of more accurate estimates of flood risk through new technology and better maps, to increase the role of private markets in the management of flood insurance risks, and to provide for alternative methods to insure against flood peril, and for other purposes; entire bill. H.J. Res. 124, Making further additional continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, Division A, Section 101 extending funding for fiscal year 2018, by amending Public Law 115-56 Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, Division D, Section 130 extending funding for the National Flood Insurance Program of 1968 for so long as funding is provided for fiscal year 2018.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Banking
H.R. 10 Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 924 Financial Institutions Due Process Act H.R. 1116 Tailor Act of 2017 H.R. 1244 Credit Union Access to Supplemental Capital H.R. 1264 Community Financial Institutions Exemption Act H.R. 1422 Flood Insurance Development Modernization Act H.R. 1426 Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act H.R. 1457 Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy Act H.R. 1558 Repeated Flooded Communities Preparation Act H.R. 1585 The Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1948 Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 1964 Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2017 H.R. 2133 CLEAR Relief Act H.R. 2148 Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans, treatment of loans under regulatory capital rules H.R. 2170 Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 2204 Homeowner Information Privacy Protection H.R. 2215 SAFE Act of 2017 H.R. 2226 The Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2319 Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2553 Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending Act H.R. 2565 To require the use of replacement cost value in determining the premium rates for flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Act, and for other purposes H.R. 2570 Mortgage Fairness Act H.R. 2706 Financial Institution Customer Protection Act: Anti-Choke Point Provisions H.R. 2868 National Flood Insurance Program Policyholder Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2874 21st Century Flood Reform Act H.R. 2875 National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 2948 To amend the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to provide a temporary license for loan originators transitioning between employers, and for other purposes H.R. 2954 Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act H.R. 3070 To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to clarify the definition of a deposit broker, and for other purposes H.R. 3072 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017 H.R. 3089 Corporate Transparency Act of 2017, disclosure of beneficial owners and corporations H.R. 3221 Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act H.R. 3299 Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act H.R. 3857 PASS Act of 2017: Repeal DOL Fiduciary Rule H.R. 3971 Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 3978 TRID Improvement Act H.R. 4015 Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act H.R. 4464 Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act. Would repeal the National Credit Union Administrations (NCUAs) risk-based capital rule for credit unions H.R. 4545 The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4562 Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4607 Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4648 Home Mortgage Reporting Relief Act H.J. Res 111 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements". S. 366 Tailor Act of 2017 S. 387 CFPB Accountability Act S. 563 The Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act S. 567 Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 S. 1002 CLEAR Relief Act S. 1152 SAFE Banking Act S. 1264 Community Bank Sensible Regulation Act of 2017 S. 1284 Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act S. 1310 Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act S. 1315 Relationship Lending Preservation Act of 2017 S. 1368 Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 1445 Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act S. 1463 To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to modify the term of the independent member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council S. 1499 A bill to increase from $10B to $50B the threshold figure at which regulated depository institutions are subject to direct examination and reporting requirements of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. S. 1507 A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide capitalization grants to States to establish revolving funds to provide funding assistance to reduce flood risks, and for other purposes S. 1571 National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 1642 Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act S. 1647 TRUPS Reform S. 2116 Community Lender Exam Act S. 2155 Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act S.J. Res 47 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements" Arbitration Bank Qualified Bonds Issuance Limit Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Rules, including Beneficial Ownership Issue Call Report Streamlining Capital Access for Community Banks Capital Rules--Basel III, including treatment of commercial real estate loans and Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement asset threshold CFPB Data Aggregation CFPB Data Collection CFPB Overdraft CFPB Reforms/Governance Structure CFPB Small Business Loan Data Collection Community Bank Examination Appeals Credit Union Business Lending Powers Credit Union Field of Membership Rules Credit Union Supplemental Capital Cybersecurity - Information Sharing Data Security and Breaches De Novo Bank Applications Durbin Interchange Amendment Equifax Data Breach Faster Payments Flood Insurance Reauthorization Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Regulations Housing Finance Reform Industrial Loan Corporation Loophole/Exemption from Bank Holding Company Act/Square Financial Services Inc (ILC) deposit insurance application Innovation Initiative (FinTech) Interchange Mortgage Lending Reform Qualified Mortgages, Ability to Repay Rules Regulatory Burden Relief for Community Banks Regulatory and Tax Relief for Community Banks SBA 7(a) Lending Limit Support for the nomination of Kimberly A. Reed for Vice Chairman of the Export-Import Bank Virtual Currency
Client expense: $1,210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2017 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Preserving the credit union tax exemption; Repeal of the Durbin Amendment on debit interchange; Regulatory relief for credit unions and other community financial institutions; Exempting credit unions from the CFPB; CFPB should make greater use of its exemption authority granted by section 1022 of the Dodd-Frank Act; Reforms to the structure of the CFPB and its powers; data and cyber security - create a national data security standard for retailers and others in the payments ecosystem not covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Housing Finance Reform - any reforms should ensure that credit unions have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market based on loan quality rather than quantity; Member Business Lending - raise the arbitrary cap, raise the de minimis exclusion; exempt loans to veterans from the definition of MBL, and exclude non-owner occupied, 1-4-family dwellings from the calculation of the cap on credit union member business loans (H.R. 389 and S. 836); field of membership improvements for credit unions; reforms to credit union capital requirements, including creating a true risk-based capital system and allowing credit unions access to supplemental capital; alternative capital for credit unions; H.R. 1244 - the Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; regulation of FinTech companies; E-SIGN; Truth in Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (TILA/RESPA); TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID); Bank Secrecy Act; Anti-Money Laundering requirements; underwriting standards for loans; state usury laws; TCPA Reform - do not hinder credit unions their ability to contact members; Patent Reform - provide relief from practices of patent trolls; NFIP - flood insurance reauthorization and ensure that any changes do not negatively impact credit unions; The REINS Act (H.R. 26); Improve small business input on federal regulations; Regulatory Flexibility Act; Improvements to SBREFA panels; Improve or require agency regulatory guidance; the Financial CHOICE Act; requiring cost-benefit analysis; Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; Financial Services for the Underserved Act; NCUA's MBL rule for credit unions; Senior$afe Act (S. 223); Stop scams on Seniors; H.R. 916 - do not use g-fees for any purpose other than risk mitigation; the importance of CDFIs to credit unions; do not cut funding for CDFI program; Raise thresholds in Dodd-Frank; Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act; Greater pre-emption authority for the NCUA; Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 1153 - points and fees; Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; the TAILOR Act; operational improvements for credit unions; Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; Examination reform; Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; Small Business Administration SBA business loan programs including but not limited to 7(a), 504, express and patriot; Regulatory Accountability Act; Financial Institution Customer Protection Act - ending Operation Choke Point; use the appropriations process for regulatory relief; Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards - Private Flood Insurance (RIN 3133-AE64); "Development of a Private Flood Insurance Market" title of HR 3823; Future of the Payments system; Federal Reserve's role in developing an improved payments system; Regulation D; Regulation CC; Military Lending Act; Protect responsible overdraft services; CECL and its implementation; National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) Premium and issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; protecting the NCUSIF; Federal Credit Union Loan Interest Rate Ceiling; Asset Securitization (RIN 3133-AE29); Freedom of Information Act; Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House FISCAL-2016-0001; Consumer Access to Financial Records Docket No. CFPB-2016-0048; Executive Order on Core Principles for Regulating the US Financial System; FSOC Review Authority; UDAAP; debt collection practices; Qualified Mortgages; QM safe harbor for portfolio loans; Ability to Repay; Mortgage Servicing and Mortgage Servicing Assets; CFPB's Consumer Complaint Database; Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Requirements; Payday Lending; small dollar loans (PALs); Prevent arbitration restrictions; S.J. Res. 47/ H.J. Res. 111; TCPA - In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), CG Docket No. 02-278 and CG Docket No. 05-338; TCPA lawsuit abuse; CDFI certification - eliminate redundant required documentation and lessen reporting burden; concerns regarding the entrance of Fannie and Freddie into the chattel loan market; DOL's Fiduciary Duty Rule, Conflict of Interest Rule - Retirement Investment (RIN 1210-AB79); DOD should exercise its authority to extend the MLA credit card exemption; Credit Union Small Business Lending Act - exclude SBA loans from the definition of "member business loans"; Issuing, improving, and adhering to guidance or published "best practices" at the SBA; streamline approval process for SBA loans; improve the user friendliness of the SBA One software; temporarily increase the guarantee on SBA loans; make it easier for credit unions to participate in SBA loan programs; provide more services to help credit unions form; streamline and shorten the application process including approval process for services allowed, and improve communication during the chartering process; NCUA should do more to provide structure and flexibility for the unique challenges that new credit unions face; NCUA and its examiners should establish timetables for responses at various stages of the chartering process and have some limited authority to provide flexibility on a case-by-case basis with new credit unions, such as additional time to build capital requirements or meet certain requirements; Congress should work to allow more flexibility in the Federal Credit Union Act when it comes to prompt corrective action capital requirements for de novo credit unions; field-of-membership (FOM) restrictions should be more accommodating for new credit unions; NCUA should ensure its examiners who are in the field and working with new credit unions, are carrying out the mission of OSCUI, have the ability and flexibility to work with new credit unions, and have the experience to understand business plans adopted by new credit unions; NCUA should take steps to ensure that there are not disconnects between headquarters and regional offices, and assign a specific contact at NCUA for the de novo credit union during the chartering process; modernize outdated governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act and its rules and regulations, and taking steps to reform its standard credit union bylaws; examiner consistency; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) proposed update and revisions to the collection of Suspicious Activities Reports (SARs) required under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules; combat financial crimes; CFPB's rule governing Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z); Section 1071 of the Dodd Frank Act; thresholds related to open- and close-ended loans; Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs); CFPB's remittance transfer rule; call report modernization; Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and it's implementing, Regulation B; Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process; do not bifurcate the credit union industry with arbitrary thresholds; Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act); Allowable Charges and Fees Assessed Incident to VA-Guaranteed Home Loans; H.R. 1958 and S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans; Overhead Transfer Rate; NCUA Budget Transparency and Increased Efficiency; independent appeals process for credit unions; Credit Risk Transfer; Chattel Loans/duty to serve; H.R. 2133 and S. 1002, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act; Hold regulators accountable for cost and compliance burden estimates; NCUA exemption authority over CFPB rules as they relate to credit unions; regulatory coordination; Credit Score Competition Act; S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act; HR 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017; HR 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017; HR 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act; keep NCUA out of the appropriations process; subject non-depository GLBA institutions to regular examinations; require credit reporting agencies to notify depository institutions when one of their accounts is breached; HR 3354 - retain the 3 member board structure at NCUA, CDFI funding, CDRLF full funding, change single director of CFPB to five member Board; support for recommendations in Treasury Report, A Financial System that Creates Economic Opportunities; Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's Proposed Underserved Markets Plan; CFPB - 2013 RESPA Servicing Rule (Docket No. - 2017-0012); Dept of Labor - Fiduciary Rule and Prohibited Transaction Exemptions RIN 1210-AB82; FHFA- Improving Language Access in Mortgage Lending and Servicing Request for Input; CFPB - Request for Information regarding the Ability-to-repay/QM Rule Assessment (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0014); Dept. of Treasury - Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs; Federal Reserve - Docket No. R-1564: Reg CC - Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks - The Expedited Funds Availability Act, Proposed Rule and Request for Comment - 82 Federal Register 25539 (June 2, 2017); NCUA - proposal to adopt procedures governing appeals to the Board; Voluntary Mergers of Federally Insured Credit Unions; NCUA - 2017 Regulatory Review; NCUA - Publish 2016 Annual Review Report; NCUA-Codify IRPS; NCUA - Standardized publication of Legal Opinion Letters; NCUA - Model Bylaws; NCUA - PAL Improvements; CFPB - Amendments to Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts, RIN 3170-AA72; NCUA's proposal to close the temporary corporate credit union stabilization fund and set the share insurance fund normal operating level - return all of the money credit unions paid in and do not raise the NOL; FCC - In the Matter of Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls (CG Docket No. 17-59); NCUA - Corporate Credit Unions (RIN 3133-AE75); FHFA - FHLB Capital Requirements (RIN 2590-AA70); NCUA - Comments on Requirements for Insurance; NCUSIF Equity Distributions (RIN 3133-AE77); FHFA - 2018-2020 Enterprise Housing Goals (RIN 2590-AA81); CFPB - Small Business Lending (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0011); Dept. of Labor - Overtime Rule (RIN 1235-AA20); NCUA Emergency Mergers - Chartering and Field of Membership (RIN 3133-AE76).
Client expense: $600,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2017 · third_quarter · Banking
Preserving the credit union tax exemption; Repeal of the Durbin Amendment on debit interchange; Regulatory relief for credit unions and other community financial institutions; Exempting credit unions from the CFPB; CFPB should make greater use of its exemption authority granted by section 1022 of the Dodd-Frank Act; Reforms to the structure of the CFPB and its powers; data and cyber security - create a national data security standard for retailers and others in the payments ecosystem not covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Housing Finance Reform - any reforms should ensure that credit unions have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market based on loan quality rather than quantity; Member Business Lending - raise the arbitrary cap, raise the de minimis exclusion; exempt loans to veterans from the definition of MBL, and exclude non-owner occupied, 1-4-family dwellings from the calculation of the cap on credit union member business loans (H.R. 389 and S. 836); field of membership improvements for credit unions; reforms to credit union capital requirements, including creating a true risk-based capital system and allowing credit unions access to supplemental capital; alternative capital for credit unions; H.R. 1244 - the Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; regulation of FinTech companies; E-SIGN; Truth in Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (TILA/RESPA); TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID); Bank Secrecy Act; Anti-Money Laundering requirements; underwriting standards for loans; state usury laws; TCPA Reform - do not hinder credit unions their ability to contact members; Patent Reform - provide relief from practices of patent trolls; NFIP - flood insurance reauthorization and ensure that any changes do not negatively impact credit unions; The REINS Act (H.R. 26); Improve small business input on federal regulations; Regulatory Flexibility Act; Improvements to SBREFA panels; Improve or require agency regulatory guidance; the Financial CHOICE Act; requiring cost-benefit analysis; Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; Financial Services for the Underserved Act; NCUA's MBL rule for credit unions; Senior$afe Act (S. 223); Stop scams on Seniors; H.R. 916 - do not use g-fees for any purpose other than risk mitigation; the importance of CDFIs to credit unions; do not cut funding for CDFI program; Raise thresholds in Dodd-Frank; Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act; Greater pre-emption authority for the NCUA; Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 1153 - points and fees; Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; the TAILOR Act; operational improvements for credit unions; Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; Examination reform; Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; Small Business Administration SBA business loan programs including but not limited to 7(a), 504, express and patriot; Regulatory Accountability Act; Financial Institution Customer Protection Act - ending Operation Choke Point; use the appropriations process for regulatory relief; Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards - Private Flood Insurance (RIN 3133-AE64); "Development of a Private Flood Insurance Market" title of HR 3823; Future of the Payments system; Federal Reserve's role in developing an improved payments system; Regulation D; Regulation CC; Military Lending Act; Protect responsible overdraft services; CECL and its implementation; National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) Premium and issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; protecting the NCUSIF; Federal Credit Union Loan Interest Rate Ceiling; Asset Securitization (RIN 3133-AE29); Freedom of Information Act; Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House FISCAL-2016-0001; Consumer Access to Financial Records Docket No. CFPB-2016-0048; Executive Order on Core Principles for Regulating the US Financial System; FSOC Review Authority; UDAAP; debt collection practices; Qualified Mortgages; QM safe harbor for portfolio loans; Ability to Repay; Mortgage Servicing and Mortgage Servicing Assets; CFPB's Consumer Complaint Database; Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Requirements; Payday Lending; small dollar loans (PALs); Prevent arbitration restrictions; S.J. Res. 47/ H.J. Res. 111; TCPA - In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), CG Docket No. 02-278 and CG Docket No. 05-338; TCPA lawsuit abuse; CDFI certification - eliminate redundant required documentation and lessen reporting burden; concerns regarding the entrance of Fannie and Freddie into the chattel loan market; DOL's Fiduciary Duty Rule, Conflict of Interest Rule - Retirement Investment (RIN 1210-AB79); DOD should exercise its authority to extend the MLA credit card exemption; Credit Union Small Business Lending Act - exclude SBA loans from the definition of "member business loans"; Issuing, improving, and adhering to guidance or published "best practices" at the SBA; streamline approval process for SBA loans; improve the user friendliness of the SBA One software; temporarily increase the guarantee on SBA loans; make it easier for credit unions to participate in SBA loan programs; provide more services to help credit unions form; streamline and shorten the application process including approval process for services allowed, and improve communication during the chartering process; NCUA should do more to provide structure and flexibility for the unique challenges that new credit unions face; NCUA and its examiners should establish timetables for responses at various stages of the chartering process and have some limited authority to provide flexibility on a case-by-case basis with new credit unions, such as additional time to build capital requirements or meet certain requirements; Congress should work to allow more flexibility in the Federal Credit Union Act when it comes to prompt corrective action capital requirements for de novo credit unions; field-of-membership (FOM) restrictions should be more accommodating for new credit unions; NCUA should ensure its examiners who are in the field and working with new credit unions, are carrying out the mission of OSCUI, have the ability and flexibility to work with new credit unions, and have the experience to understand business plans adopted by new credit unions; NCUA should take steps to ensure that there are not disconnects between headquarters and regional offices, and assign a specific contact at NCUA for the de novo credit union during the chartering process; modernize outdated governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act and its rules and regulations, and taking steps to reform its standard credit union bylaws; examiner consistency; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) proposed update and revisions to the collection of Suspicious Activities Reports (SARs) required under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules; combat financial crimes; CFPB's rule governing Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z); Section 1071 of the Dodd Frank Act; thresholds related to open- and close-ended loans; Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs); CFPB's remittance transfer rule; call report modernization; Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and it's implementing, Regulation B; Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process; do not bifurcate the credit union industry with arbitrary thresholds; Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act); Allowable Charges and Fees Assessed Incident to VA-Guaranteed Home Loans; H.R. 1958 and S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans; Overhead Transfer Rate; NCUA Budget Transparency and Increased Efficiency; independent appeals process for credit unions; Credit Risk Transfer; Chattel Loans/duty to serve; H.R. 2133 and S. 1002, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act; Hold regulators accountable for cost and compliance burden estimates; NCUA exemption authority over CFPB rules as they relate to credit unions; regulatory coordination; Credit Score Competition Act; S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act; HR 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017; HR 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017; HR 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act; keep NCUA out of the appropriations process; subject non-depository GLBA institutions to regular examinations; require credit reporting agencies to notify depository institutions when one of their accounts is breached; HR 3354 - retain the 3 member board structure at NCUA, CDFI funding, CDRLF full funding, change single director of CFPB to five member Board; support for recommendations in Treasury Report, A Financial System that Creates Economic Opportunities; Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's Proposed Underserved Markets Plan; CFPB - 2013 RESPA Servicing Rule (Docket No. - 2017-0012); Dept of Labor - Fiduciary Rule and Prohibited Transaction Exemptions RIN 1210-AB82; FHFA- Improving Language Access in Mortgage Lending and Servicing Request for Input; CFPB - Request for Information regarding the Ability-to-repay/QM Rule Assessment (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0014); Dept. of Treasury - Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs; Federal Reserve - Docket No. R-1564: Reg CC - Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks - The Expedited Funds Availability Act, Proposed Rule and Request for Comment - 82 Federal Register 25539 (June 2, 2017); NCUA - proposal to adopt procedures governing appeals to the Board; Voluntary Mergers of Federally Insured Credit Unions; NCUA - 2017 Regulatory Review; NCUA - Publish 2016 Annual Review Report; NCUA-Codify IRPS; NCUA - Standardized publication of Legal Opinion Letters; NCUA - Model Bylaws; NCUA - PAL Improvements; CFPB - Amendments to Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts, RIN 3170-AA72; NCUA's proposal to close the temporary corporate credit union stabilization fund and set the share insurance fund normal operating level - return all of the money credit unions paid in and do not raise the NOL; FCC - In the Matter of Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls (CG Docket No. 17-59); NCUA - Corporate Credit Unions (RIN 3133-AE75); FHFA - FHLB Capital Requirements (RIN 2590-AA70); NCUA - Comments on Requirements for Insurance; NCUSIF Equity Distributions (RIN 3133-AE77); FHFA - 2018-2020 Enterprise Housing Goals (RIN 2590-AA81); CFPB - Small Business Lending (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0011); Dept. of Labor - Overtime Rule (RIN 1235-AA20); NCUA Emergency Mergers - Chartering and Field of Membership (RIN 3133-AE76).
Client expense: $600,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office